Car Breaker Mode adds end-of-life vehicle (ELV) intake to your Gate Log — vehicle details, a hazmat de-pollution checklist, and photo evidence, captured alongside your usual waste transfer paperwork. It’s built for Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATFs) and car breakers.

New feature: Car Breaker Mode is actively being shaped around feedback from the ATFs using it. Certificate of Destruction issuance is a placeholder today — it’s coming in a future update.

Turning It On

Go to Settings → Modes and switch on Car Breaker Mode. It’s off by default and can only be turned on by a primary account admin.

Once on, every Gate → Log New Transfer form gains a Car Breaker — ELV Intake section automatically — there’s no separate app or extra login, and it applies account-wide rather than per load.

Logging a Vehicle at the Gate

The ELV Intake section captures:

  • Vehicle Details — VIN/Chassis No., Make, Model, Colour, Year of Manufacture, Engine Size, Fuel Type (Petrol, Diesel, Electric, Hybrid, Other), Country of Registration.
  • Intake Details — Vehicle Condition (Whole, Accident Damaged, Fire Damaged, Flood Damaged, Stripped/Part), Source (Private, Insurance, Trade, Police, Local Authority, Other), Mileage, Transaction Type (Purchased, Collected Free, Charged for Collection), Amount, and free-text Additional Notes.
  • Hazmat Checklist — five toggles: Fuel Drained, Oil Drained, Battery Disconnected, Airbags Noted, Coolant Drained.
  • Photos — four slots: VIN Plate, V5C / Docs, Vehicle, Damage. Each is compressed automatically on upload.

None of these fields are required to save — fill in what you have at the point of intake and complete the rest later from the record itself.

Tip: Saving the ELV details never blocks the Gate Log submission. If a photo upload fails, your WTN still saves normally — you can add the photo later from the record.

ELV Records: Reviewing and Managing Intakes

Find every logged vehicle under ELV Records — reached from the WTN Hub (the link only appears there once Car Breaker Mode is on) or directly. This page, and each record’s detail view, is admin-only — anyone who can log a load at the Gate can fill in the ELV Intake section, but reviewing, editing and exporting records afterwards is restricted to admins.

  • Search by registration, make, model, VIN or colour.
  • Each card shows the registration, a condition badge, make/model/year, fuel type, the log date, who added it, a hazmat-completion count (e.g. “3/5 hazmat”), and a WTN badge once a WTN has been assigned.
  • A stats strip shows totals: how many records exist, how many have a linked WTN, and how many are fully de-hazed.

Editing an ELV Record

Open any record and click Edit to update Vehicle Identity, Intake Details, or toggle the Hazmat Checklist. Photos aren’t editable from here — update them from the original Gate Log form instead.

Admins can also delete a record, with a confirmation step first.

Assigning a WTN

Each ELV can be assigned to one WTN. Which one is up to you: the transfer it came in with, the load it went out on (for example a load of shells), or a WTN for a vehicle bought from another business. Several vehicles can share the same WTN.

To assign vehicles to an existing WTN:

  1. Go to ELV Records and tick the vehicles.
  2. Press Assign to a WTN at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Pick the WTN from the list. Recent WTNs with ELV waste codes (16 01 …) are shown first, and you can search by WTN number, waste or receiver.

You can also assign, change or remove the WTN from an individual ELV record, or straight after saving a vehicle on the ELV saved screen. Changing a vehicle that already has a WTN asks you to confirm first.

To create a new WTN for a vehicle, press Log a new transfer on the ELV saved screen or the ELV record. Log New Transfer opens pre-filled, and once the office turns it into a WTN (see Flagged For Review) it’s assigned to the vehicle automatically.

Each vehicle then shows a WTN badge in ELV Records, and its record shows the WTN, who assigned it and when. The WTN lists every vehicle assigned to it, on screen and on its PDF, so you can trace a vehicle to its WTN and back.

Exporting a PDF

Click PDF on any record’s detail page to download a branded ELV record — useful for your own files or to hand over during an inspection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can turn Car Breaker Mode on?

Primary account admins only, from Settings → Modes. It’s off by default for every account.

Who can view ELV Records?

Only account admins — the ELV Records list and each record’s detail page are admin-only. Anyone with Gate Log access can still fill in the ELV Intake section when logging a load; reviewing and managing the records afterwards is an admin task.

Do I need to fill in every field to save a vehicle?

No — every field is optional. A bare intake is enough to create a record; add the rest later from the ELV Records detail page.

What happens if I don’t complete the hazmat checklist?

Nothing is blocked — the record just shows a “Hazmat incomplete” warning badge instead of “Fully de-hazed,” flagging it for follow-up.

Is Certificate of Destruction issuance available?

Not yet. There’s a placeholder section for it on each record, but CoD issuance itself is coming in a future update.

Do I need a weighbridge to use Car Breaker Mode?

No — it’s part of the standard Gate Log form and works whether or not your site has a weighbridge.

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