Environmental Health Department~
Junk Vehicle Program
In 1973 the state legislature
passed the Motor Vehicle Recycling and Disposal Act. This
innovative law provided a way to clean up junk vehicles from the
state's landscape.
When vehicles are licensed, a
fee is included that provides for collection of junk vehicles. In
Lake County, when a person wants a junk vehicle hauled away, they
simply call the hauling contractor, sign a release form, and the
vehicle is hauled to the county vehicle graveyard at no additional
charge. The contractor also removes any remaining refrigerant gas,
fuel and other fluids.
If you have a vehicle ready to be recycled, call the Lake County
Environmental Health Department at 883-7236 for information on how
to have your car removed for processing.