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EU agrees on new rules for car recycling

by AI | 12.Dec 2025 | Europe in brief AI

The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have reached a provisional agreement on new rules regarding the handling of vehicles.

Swedish Member of the European Parliament Jonas Sjöstedt. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT

Brussels – The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers have reached a provisional agreement on new rules for the handling of vehicles, from design to scrapping.

The agreement includes, among other things, new binding targets for the use of renewable material in newly manufactured vehicles as well as for the recycling of certain parts and components, according to a press release from the Parliament.

“I am pleased that we managed to tighten the recycling requirements during the negotiations and that the export of waste from the EU is prevented after a transitional period,” writes the Swedish politician Jonas Sjöstedt (Left Party), who took part in the negotiations for the European Parliament’s left group, in a comment to TT.

The agreement must now be formally approved by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers before the new rules enter into force.

In 2023, 14.8 million motor vehicles were manufactured in the EU, of which 12.4 million were registered.

(12 December)