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Salvage regs set to slash truck prices
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SALVAGE OPERATORS warn that the resale values of older trucks will plummet if new regulations controlling the disposal of scrap vehicles are enforced.
The British Vehicle Salvage Federation (BVSF) says that because the government gave virtually no warning that trucks would be covered by the new rules, salvage operators might refuse to process them.
This could force hauliers to stockpile scrap trucks in their yards or pay for them to be sent to other EU states where the rules are less stringent.
The End of Life Vehicles Regulations came into force on 3 November. imposing strict standards on the way vehicles are dismantled. recycled and disposed of.
Dr Jeremy Ball is director of CMS (Kent) which processes up to 1,000 trucks a year.
"You are definitely looking at having to spend an extra £500 on the average truck disposal." he says. explaining that compliance will demand huge investment in new premises and equipment.
And he warns that if the Environment Agency starts prosecuting salvage operators for non-compliance, there will be "a wholesale fall in the resale value of older trucks".
BVSFchairmanAlan Greenouf is urging the government to give its members at least two years' grace before they have to comply with the legislation.
In a letter to Environment Minister Elliot Morley he says:"HGV disposal is a specialist field with totally different considerations for businesses than for cars."
A spokesman for the Department for Environment. Food and Rural Affairs says trucks are covered by the regulations because it was not feasible to create a different set of standards for their disposal.
He claims that BVSF was properly consulted about the legislation, adding that salvage operators have until February to apply for the necessary waste management licences,