It’s been 50 years since Charlton Recycled Autoparts Ltd opened for business. Owner Terry Charlton takes a walk down memory lane to provide ATF Professional with an overview of his vehicle recycling industry experience since the early 70s.

Ben, the charity dedicated to supporting the people of the automotive industry, is excited to announce that Ben Ball is back this year and will be held at the iconic venue, the Roundhouse in Camden, London, on the 8th of December 2021.

After more than a year of the pandemic, Neil Joslin, Chief Operating Officer at e2e Total Loss Vehicle Management, discusses how the business has fared after such an unpredictable period.

With shoots of optimism for the summer and the Government’s vaccination plan seemingly on track, the gears are in motion for the rescheduled Complete Auto Recycling Show (CARS) to take place on 29 & 30 September 2021 at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry. 

ATF Professional spoke to husband and wife team, Jamie and Millie Davies, directors of Davies Salvage Ltd, a vehicle recycling operation located in Langar, Nottinghamshire, about ScrAPPmate, an app they have created, which they say ha improved the process of collecting ELVs, by increasing profits without increasing staff or costs.

Project VALUABLE, led by HSSMI, has been instrumental in shedding light on second-life opportunities for li-ion batteries. As the project closed at the end of March, we are now sharing our findings in order to generate discussion amongst the public and, in particular, those who are looking to continue the research that VALUABLE began. In this blog series, we will be discussing a different battery-related topic each time – from testing and legislation to end of life, recycling and remanufacturing. This time, we take a look at dismantling and recycling.

The definitive programme of IARC21, the world’s leading International Automotive Recycling Congress has just been published.

According to the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), police forces across the nation recovered over a thousand stolen catalytic converters and arrested more than 50 people as part of a joint operation to tackle catalytic converter theft.

F-gas disposal may be described as an overlooked process in end of life vehicle dismantling, we received the viewpoints of Simon Walker, Founder and Director of SJW Enviro Consulting Ltd, and the Environment Agency on this topic.