End-of-Life Vehicles & Recycling

Glass for Europe is monitoring the market to ensure that the recycling of automotive glass is being carried out effectively and in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles. In particular, the group is monitoring whether the market is managing to handle all end-of-life automotive glass.

Glass for Europe's report on recycling of end-of-life vehicle glass

Annex II to this same "End-of-Life" directive, establishes a list of exemptions to the use of certain products. In the case of automotive glass, exemptions to allow the use of lead-containing solder is particularly important. Although automotive glass makers along with car manufacturers have been seeking alternatives to lead-based solders for over ten years, no alternative product has yet been found to be effective, durable and to offer a safe solution.

Glass for Europe's call for renewed exemptions for lead-based solders