The launch meeting of this recently-announced new TRA group was held on 26th January 2021 attended by sixteen of the Association’s members. “We were delighted by this level of participation” said Association President, Tim Stott, “and even more pleased that…
Recent incidents across the UK suggest that waste tyre crime is on the increase despite the fact that the UK has both the capacity and the infrastructure to deal legally and responsibly with all of its old tyres. Often viewed…
A Freedom of Information request* has starkly exposed levels of non-compliance by many operators claiming ‘T8 exemptions’ for their recycling businesses. In 2019, inspections of almost sixty sites carried out by the Environment Agency across England revealed more than one…
This autumn could bring with it a new rash of tyre dumping and site abandonment warns Britain’s Tyre Recovery Association. Several factors are in play at this present time which the public, our regulators and the tyre trade itself should…
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 Recovery Association. The ECHA is pushing for a ban on…
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 beyond levels they have the financial resources to recycle responsibly…
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 old tyres on private land and in fly-tipping generally. A…
Tyre retailers, vehicle dismantlers and others who need to dispose of waste tyres are urged to beware of unrealistically low rates at a time when reprocessing costs in particular are soaring warns the TRA. Tyre Recovery Association Secretary General, Peter…
The TRA warns Britain’s vehicle dismantlers and retailers of inevitable price increases Moves by India’s environmental regulators to tighten up on waste recovery practices particularly in relation to the processing of end-of-life tyres in unauthorised facilities are driving a big…
- New requirements for data validation - Enhanced permit compliance verification - End distinction waste tracking Almost two decades ago the TRA launched a unique audit initiative to rate its members ‘better than the rest’. Dubbed the Responsible Recycler Scheme,…