Recycling
Our environmental commitment to end of life vehicles and battery disposal.
End of life vehicles
Nothing is forever!
Every old vehicle contains expensive raw materials that can be recycled into the product cycle again. In line with the requirements of the EC End of Life Vehicle Directive, Dacia owners are offered the possibility to dispose of their vehicle at the end of its useful life, free of charge.
The End of Life Vehicle Directive applies to all passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with up to nine seats and up to a total permissible weight of 3.5 tonnes.
Free take back is currently available for all vehicles regardless of age as from from the 1st January 2007. As defined in the law, free take back will be provided if:
- The vehicle is delivered to a Dacia appointed take back facility
- The vehicle contains all its essential components, in particular the engine, transmission, coachwork, wheels or catalytic converter (if originally fitted)
- That no waste has been added to the vehicle (for example: household and garden waste, extra tyres etc...)
Dacia has selected CarTakeBack to provide free take back to last owners of vehicles of the Renault, Alpine and Dacia brands.
The CarTakeBack Network covers all regions of the UK. All take back and treatment facilities operate in conformity with the Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) requirements. Vehicles will be treated to meet the recycling and recovery targets as set by the EU Commission.
waste batteries
It is an offence to dispose of waste batteries by landfill or incineration from 1 January 2010.
Dacia UK is registered with the UK Government as part of an EU-wide initiative to increase battery collection/recycling and completely prohibit the landfill/incineration of automotive and industrial batteries. Our battery producer registration number is BPRN00438.
You can return your Lead-acid starter battery to any Dacia retailer when a new one is purchased or installed, or you can recycle it at one of the following:
- Civic amenity and recycling centres
- Local authority battery collection schemes
- Licensed End of Life vehicle authorised treatment facilities
- Licensed metal recycling sites
Find your nearest recycling facility here
Upon request, Dacia UK will collect waste automotive batteries from a final holder* free of charge as required by the regulations. If you have any queries, please contact us.
Industrial batteries
Dacia electric vehicles contain industrial Lithium batteries. If requested by an end user*, Dacia UK Ltd. will take back these batteries free of charge.
If you have a battery and would like to request Dacia UK to take it back please contact us. We will then be in touch to request some details from you and agree the necessary arrangements for the return, treatment and recycling of the waste batteries*
*as defined in The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009.
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