evidence: A revised EU law on used vehicles should be as much about what goes into making a new car as about how it’s recycled at the end of its life. [...] To prevent this, the EU should take and apply best practice examples that link vehicle deregistration and scrappage by authorised professionals to financial incentives for the owner. In Denmark, the so-called ‘scrappage premium’ rewards drivers who send their old clunkers for treatment in an authorised centre with a €300 bonus, which is funded by the driver themselves via an annual tax. Furthermore, to prevent the export of old and substandard vehicles to developing countries, which is causing high air pollution and hazardous waste in the Global South, the Commission should establish minimum requirements for used vehicle exports, including a minimum emission limit (at least Euro 5) and the declaration of a recent and valid road worthiness certificate. If it isn’t allowed on our roads, it shouldn’t be driving on theirs either.