Improved vehicle design and use of recycled materials

According to the agreed draft, all new vehicles should be designed so as to allow the easy removal of as many parts and components as possible by authorised treatment facilities.

Co-legislators agreed that the plastic used in each new vehicle type should contain a minimum of 15% recycled plastic within six years of the rules’ entry into force and 25% within ten years. 20% of these targets would have to be achieved by including in the vehicle type concerned plastics recycled from end-of-life vehicles or from parts and components removed from vehicles during the use phase (“closed loop”).

They also agreed that the Commission should introduce targets for recycled steel and aluminium (two years after the entry into force of the regulation), following the completion of feasibility studies. The feasibility to introduce additional targets, for recycled critical raw materials, would also be evaluated.

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