The four local authorites offer services for the removal of abandoned and private cars.  The service to remove private cars is carried out for a small fee.  The removal and disposal of these vehicles is done in an environmentally appropriate manner.  All of the cars which are removed are sent to a metal recycling company where they are crushed and then recycled.

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council provide a service to have your car removed. To print an application form for this service, please click here. All of the cars which are removed are sent to a metal recycling company where they are crushed and then recycled.  For further information on car removal or to report an abandoned car, please contact our office by phone 01-2054817 or email environ@dlrcoco.ie

Private vehicles are removed for a fee of €150 from the owners' house or elsewhere in the County.  Abandoned cars are also removed when reported to the council.  The procedures for reporting an abandon car and removal of private vehicles are as follows:

Procedure:

1   Contact the Cleansing Section, Environmental Services Department on 4149215 and ask for a Request for Removal of Vehicle Form. This will be sent out to you in the post along with an invoice for the payment of the €150 fee.

2   Registered owner fills out a "Request for Removal of Vehicle" Form and send this along with the Vehicle Licensing Certificate / log book and the €150 fee (cheque or postal order made payable to South Dublin County Council) in to the Cleansing Section, Environmental Services Department.

3   Burnt out and abandoned vehicles are deemed to take priority and would be collected before Domestic Vehicles.  Generally, the removal time is within 5-10 days.  However, priority is given to the removal of vehicles which are deemed to pose traffic hazards to the public, and therefore the removal of these illegally abandoned/burned-out vehicles may delay the removal of domestic vehicles.

Householders in the Dublin City Council region can bring end of life vehicles to the following facilities for recycling :

Hammond Lane, Pigeon House Road, Dublin 4
Phone: 01 - 6675335

Thorntons, Killeen Road, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10
Phone: 086 - 8596263

Summerhill Spares, Malahide Road Ind. Park, Dublin 17
Phone: 01 - 8673232

There is no fee for the disposal of an end of life vehicle, provided you can bring the vehicle to the centre yourself.

If you wish your vehicle to be collected, there is a cost involved for collection, depending on your location.

Call the facility directly to receive the cost of collection. 

Householders in the Fingal County Council region can bring end of life vehicles to the following facilities for recycling:

Joe Boland Motor Salvage, Nevinstown, Swords, Co. Dublin
Phone : 01 - 840 1907 or 087 - 2573505

Gannons City Recovery & Recycling Services Ltd, Unit 7, Roseville Industrial Park, Turvey Avenue, Donabate, Co. Dublin
Phone : 01 - 890 7715 or 087 - 2545005

Mr John Dockrell / Mr Donal Phillips, IAES Ltd, Ballyboughal, Co. Dublin.
Phone : 01 8433444 or 087 - 2514568
Website: http://www.elvs.ie/
Email:      info@elvs.ie

There is no fee for the disposal of an end of life vehicle, provided you can bring the vehicle to the centre yourself.

If you wish your vehicle to be collected, there is a cost involved for collection, depending on your location.

For information about charges contact the facilities directly. 

The Council provides a service whereby members of the public can get an unwanted car collected for a fee of €100.

To obtain this service or to report an abandoned car please ring the department at:  01- 8906799