This report is the concluding document summating the project results from the IMCRC project entitled, “cost-oriented approach to design and recovery of vehicles to meet the requirements for the end-of-life (ELV) Directive”, which was undertaken from Oct 2004-Oct 2006. The report contains a brief overview of the research undertaken, the systems developed and the results that were obtained. The appendix contains 4 of the papers produced, which give further insight into the research conducted.