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

You may deposit your unwanted vehicle at an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF). The ATFs in the South Dublin County Council area are listed on it’s website http://www.sdcc.ie/. If dropping off the end-of-life vehicle (ELV) yourself please ensure that you get a certificate of destruction, or if you are having it collected please be sure that the haulier can show you a valid waste collection permit that allows them to collect end-of-life vehicles. If you suspect that they do not have a valid waste collection permit, take their vehicle registration details and report them to the Waste Enforcement Section on 01-4149000 . Vehicles collected illegally often end up dumped or burnt out and are not safely disposed of.

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. Call the facility directly to receive the cost of collection.

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:

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