Complete Auto Recycling Show (CARS) & Metals Recycling Event (MRE)

The Complete Auto Recycling Show (CARS) is the UK's biggest gathering of vehicle recycling professionals, forming part of the Environmental Services & Solutions (ESS) Expo at the NEC Birmingham. The event brings together the innovations, technology and people redefining vehicle and metals recycling, with live equipment demonstrations, expert insight and the whole recycling supply chain in one place over two high-impact days.

In 2025, 3,558 professionals from across the UK and Europe attended, with live dismantling demonstrations, the latest in metals recovery technology, and expert-led sessions covering the challenges facing the sector today.

Who you'll meet

Network and connect with thousands of vehicle dismantlers, authorised treatment facilities, vehicle salvage yards, used car spares and parts traders, metal recyclers, scrap metal merchants, ferrous & non-ferrous processors, brokers, transporters and everything in-between.

Dates & venue

16-17 September 2026, NEC Birmingham.