How to dispose of old reg. plates?

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Sat 4 May 2019 18:39
How to dispose of old reg. plates? - GT

Do you have to treat them like old credit cards, i.e. cut them in half and send one half to the local tip and put the other out for the dustman? Or is it more involved than that, such as (heaven forfend) you have to take them to your nearest DVLA office for ritual sacrifice?

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Sat 4 May 2019 18:53
How to dispose of old reg. plates? - Bromptonaut

Why do they need to be disposed of?

I've got a set in the garage that carry original 63 plate for Mrs B's Berlingo as it has a personal plate. They'll go back on if the personal plate goes to another car or onto retention. If I'd taken them off because they're at risk of failing MoT for legibility then I'd probably put them in the landfill bin.

DVLA certainly don't want them.

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Wed 8 May 2019 09:06
How to dispose of old reg. plates? - GT

These were spare plates from trailers, bike holders (rear mounted) etc.... Plus, with my personalised plates, the fixing holes never seem to line up car-to-car so rather than drill more holes in the new car I buy a new set.

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Sat 4 May 2019 18:54
How to dispose of old reg. plates? - RT

They go with the car when that's scrapped!

Any spares, like trailer plates, would just go in the dustbin.

UK number plates have no real security - I use "illegal" show plates for the trailer anyway as I CBA to get the relevant documentation together when I had an old paper licence.

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