ELVES has released its 2019 Annual Report detailing its third year of successful operations supporting End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) reuse, recycling and recovery in Ireland.

Following the recently released 2018 National results which showed for the first time that Ireland met the European ELV targets, ELVES’ Annual Report for 2019, shows ELVES going from strength to strength in its role as the compliance scheme for the sector.

Fiacra Quinn, CEO of ELVES commented, “An Annual Report is an opportunity to look back on the last year and recognise the success we have had and the progress we have made. 2019 was a great year for ELVES. Not only did our ATF Network once again meet targets, we expanded our Electric ELVES programme, widened the reach of our awareness activities and completed a number of other key projects to support target attainment.”

As well as meeting the ELV reuse, recycling and recovery targets, the 2019 Annual Report shows the development of the organisation’s Electric ELVES programme that supports ATFs when they receive a hybrid or electric vehicle. In 2019 ELVES rolled out workshop-based training on the safe handling of electrified vehicles to all ATFs in the country, an initiative very well received by ATFs.

Fiacra said, “The response of ATFs to our Electric ELVES training has been fantastic. It’s great to be able to provide this support to all ATFs in their handling of this new technology. The Electric ELVES programme makes a positive contribution to Ireland’s transition to a circular economy both through its support for reuse and recycling, but also in its support of electrification and efforts to address the climate emergency.”

Another project that really came to fruition in 2019 was ELVES’ work with the Department of Transport on ELV Online, the online system that issues a Certificate of Destruction (CoD) to end a person’s responsibility for their End-of-Life Vehicle. Improvements, accompanied by increased promotion, has resulted in a dramatic switch from manual to online issuance of CoDs. With nearly 80% of CoDs being issued through the ELVES ATF Network, and over 93% of these now being issued electronically, the system improvements save ATFs and the Department of Transport significant time.