Statutory mandate with advantages for the entire industry
PARTSLIFE assumes responsibility for recycling, disposal and the fulfilment of statutory requirements. Our work makes an essential contribution towards ensuring that the statutory regulations really are fulfilled in the automotive industry in Germany. And that industry, trade and workshops can rely on leading expertise and experience that not only helps them meet numerous requirements, but also offers them a wide range of opportunities.
The law
Since Germany´s Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act was passed in 1996, manufacturers (e.g. automotive and parts manufacturers and importers), distributors (e.g. automotive parts dealers and importers) and waste producers (e.g. automotive workshops) have been jointly obliged to ensure professional and environmentally compatible recycling and disposal of the waste occurring following use of their products.
The European Parliament adopted the EU End-of-Life Vehicles Directive in autumn 2000, and Germany was the first country in Europe to transpose it into national law - in the form of the End-of-Life Vehicles Ordinance, which came into effect on 1 July 2002. In all other EU countries, there are express calls to establish a ubiquitous system for taking back end-of-life vehicles and used parts from vehicle repairs.
The PARTSLIFE solution
One for all: instead of establishing their own, expensive take-back logistics, manufacturers and distributors can avail themselves of a common, industry-oriented PARTSLIFE disposal concept for recycling and disposing of their products. We provide advice on disposal and environmental issues, offer targeted training and devise efficient services and innovative added-value services for the future of the entire automotive industry: environmental protection that pays!
