Environmental compatibility

Environmental protection serves as a core priority throughout the design development, material selection, and manufacturing processes of your new Seat Leon.

Constructive measures to encourage recycling

• Designing mechanical joints, fasteners, and interior clips to ensure easy dismantling during end-of-life vehicle processing.
• Utilizing modular construction principles across sub-assemblies to facilitate rapid dismantling and component sorting.
• Increasing the proportional use of single-grade polymers to streamline plastics recycling pipelines.
• Standardizing component marking on plastic parts and elastomeric elements in full compliance with ISO 1043, ISO 11469, and ISO 1629 standards.

Choice of materials

• Integrating high-grade recycled secondary raw materials into structural and interior components.
• Specifying chemically compatible plastics within composite assemblies whenever components cannot be easily separated.
• Expanding the application of recycled materials alongside sustainable raw inputs derived from renewable natural sources.
• Minimizing volatile organic compound (VOC) off-gassing and interior cabin odours from molded plastic materials.
• Deploying strictly CFC-free refrigerants across all climate control systems.

Manufacturing methods

• Reducing solvent and thinner concentrations used in anti-corrosion cavity wax coatings.
• Utilizing protective exterior plastic films to safeguard painted body panels during vehicle transit.
• Applying solvent-free adhesives and stickers across bodywork and interior trim.
• Utilizing strictly CFC-free refrigerants within industrial plant cooling systems.
• Implementing closed-loop recycling and energy recovery processing for refuse-derived fuel (RDF).
• Enhancing industrial wastewater treatment quality prior to discharge.
• Integrating advanced thermal recovery systems, such as enthalpy heat exchangers, to reclaim waste process heat.
• Utilizing water-soluble, eco-friendly paints across automated body spray lines.

Information on the European Regulation on batteries and accumulators

Technical compliance documentation and data records regarding Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning batteries and waste battery management can be accessed online at: https://product-pass.online/vehicle?id_type=brand&id=S

Recycling of electrical or electronic devices

All standalone electrical or electronic devices (EED) supplied with your Seat Leon that are not permanently wired into the vehicle structure are marked with the standardized crossed-out wheeled bin symbol:

This symbol clarifies that electronic devices must not be disposed of with unsorted municipal household waste, but collected separately through dedicated electronic waste collection points.

Product recycling

✓ Valid for market: France

Fig. 258 Recycling notice for France.

Please follow the specific sorting and disposal guidelines in ››› Fig. 258 for the following vehicle items:

• Vehicle keys
• Remote control units for auxiliary heating and ventilation systems.
• Tyre inflator air compressor unit.
• High-voltage charging cable.
• Mobile key card access units.

Fig. 259 Fire extinguisher recycling notice for France.

Please observe the designated disposal instructions in ››› Fig. 259 for the following safety equipment:

• Fire extinguishers.

Fig. 260 Recycling notice for France.

Fig. 261 Recycling notice for France.

Please adhere to the packaging recycling instructions shown in ››› Fig. 260 and ››› Fig. 261 when disposing of outer boxes, manuals, and protective storage bags for the following items:

• Owner's manual and maintenance literature booklet.
• First aid kit container.
• Fire extinguishers.
• Tyre repair compressor kit.
• High-voltage charging cable bag.
• High-voltage charging socket housing and protective watertight seal.
• Vehicle emergency toolbox.
• Puncture repair sealant spray bottle.
• Lifting jack tool.
• Foldable warning triangle case.
• High visibility safety jacket pouch.
• Protective tool storage bag.

Environmental responsibility

The official French Triman logo and Info-tri waste sorting graphics provide essential waste separation guidance for the end user.

Product recycling

✓ Valid for market: Italy

Environmental labelling

In accordance with Legislative Decree No. 116 of 3 September 2020—transposing EU Directive 2018/851 on waste and EU Directive 2018/852 on packaging waste into national law—all packaging materials supplied with your Seat Leon are labeled to facilitate proper waste collection, material recovery, and recycling, while providing clear environmental information to consumers.

Detailed environmental classification information regarding all packaging materials present in your vehicle can be accessed directly by scanning the QR code below, which connects to the official technical information portal: