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Welcome to the Tyre Recovery Association website
The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) represents the UK’s tyre recovery sector, which processes over 40 million used tyres every year. A key role is to represent and promote good practice within the tyre recovery sector and to provide an externally audited, legally compliant tyre collection and recovery service which provides protection and peace of mind for all those who generate waste tyres across the UK.
Latest News
TRA alarmed at proposed Europe-wide ban on rubber infill
A proposal by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) to ban the use of tyre-derived rubber infill in sports surfaces has been deemed incomprehensible and counter-intuitive by members of Britain’s Tyre…
Fears grow that Covid impact will lead to widespread ‘dead-end’ stockpiling
The TRA is urging the Environment Agency to exercise increased vigilance over operators who use the current relaxation of stockpile permitting rules to increase the storage of waste tyres…
Association warns Local Authorities of likely spike in illegal tyre disposal
The UK’s Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) is warning that recent steep increases in the cost of old tyre disposal may lead to a significant rise in the illegal dumping of…