TRA DOSSIER – TRA with the Department for the Environment and the Environment Agency on EA enforcement of waste tyre rules.
Dossier_TRA with the DEFRA EA _ v Media_May 2023 to May 2025
UK set to be environmental sick man of Europe if British politicians don’t act
Industry alarm at lack of progress to update UK waste regulations – pressure mounts India’s ATMA reveals UK role in export of polluting baled end-of-life tyres European Union updates legislation to clamp down on polluting waste exports to non-OECD nations…
India calls for stricter export regime for waste tyres – call is welcomed by TRA Indian tyre trade body reveals the extent of repurposing end-of-life whole tyres exported from UK TRA again call on UK government to do the right thing to end polluting export of baled end-of-life tyres
European nations are leading contributors to the pollution, environmental damage and safety concerns caused by large scale export of end-of-life tyres (ELTs), according to the Indian tyre trade body the Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA). Figures show there was a…
Red Sea warning – time to stop export of UK carbon footprint – TRA calls on UK government to do the right thing, support British operators and end polluting export of end-of-life tyres
Britain must face up to the reality of its actions if it is to live up to His Majesty’s Government rhetoric, says the Tyre Recovery Association. The disruption caused by Houthi attacks on international shipping have lifted the veil many…
Red Sea shipping crisis brings new threat to UK environment – Communities across Britain face environmental assault if UK authorities can’t stop illegal disposal of end-of-life tyres
Britain faces an environmental assault from the illegal disposal of end-of-life tyres as the impact of the Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping come home to roost. With 75% of the UK’s waste tyres heading to the Indian sub-continent via…
TRA welcomes government’s firm commitment to end T8 Exemptions in England and Wales – but fears for likely timeline grow
The announcement by DEFRA that the current exemptions regime for the handling of mechanically-recovered end-of-life tyres (known as T8 Exemptions) will be withdrawn is welcomed by the Tyre Recovery Association which has strongly advocated the move. The TRA’s fully permitted…
TRA slams Basel Convention standards at European Conference
31st May 2022 Britain’s Tyre Recovery Association has slammed the waste compliance standards of some signatories to the Basel Convention at this year’s European Tyre Recycling Association Conference taking place in Brussels this week. Explaining his association’s criticism, association director,…
Tyre Recovery Association to launch pyrolysis group
In response to the growing interest in tyre pyrolysis in the UK and beyond, the Tyre Recovery Association is to launch a sub-group of interested members to address a number of matters of common importance. The aim of the new…
Spanish soccer professionals score with recycled tyres
UK firm Murfitts Industries has created a soccer pitch made from recycled tyres for Spanish soccer champions FC Barcelona. The recycled polymeric infill is called PRO-gran and is being used across four continents since its launch in 2017. The artificial…
PAS 107 Quality Products from the TRA
PAS 107 Quality Products from the TRA TRA members will be the first in Britain to offer Quality Protocol (QP) audits for Tyre Derived Rubber Materials (TDRM) to all its members. Based on the BSI Publicly Available Standards (PAS 107)…