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Vehicles, symbolic goods of modern society, cause serious environmental impact in their endof- life phase owing to present end-of-life treatment practice and abandonment in nature. The enormous volume of vehicle waste, and accompanying environmental impacts, encourage seeking an environmentally effective policy solution to control the problem of end-of-life vehicles. This thesis is an attempt to explore and discuss the determinant factors, which may contribute to the development of effective and efficient end-of-life vehicle policy. Five European countries were studied: the main focus was on legislation, use of various policy instruments in systems, and financial mechanisms. Based on the experiences of the selected cases, the thesis identified several factors that influence the success or failure of the ELV system. These are: the extended producer responsibility; role of authorities; collection, and recycling and recovery targets; proper deregistration policy; sustainable financial mechanisms; cooperation among actors; wise use of regulatory requirements; and importance of monitoring. Discussion on these determinant factors, which are extracted from in-depth research on the selected end-of-life vehicle systems, may provide better understanding of the end-of-life vehicle issues and contribute to a sustainable end-of-life vehicle policy making. |
