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current exemptions regime for the handling of mechanically-recovered end-of-life tyres (known as T8 Exemptions) will be withdrawn is welcomed by the Tyre Recovery Association which has strongly advocated the move.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…
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,…
18th January 2022 The Indian government’s announcement of an action plan for the management of its increasing volumes of waste tyres is welcomed by the UK Tyre Recovery Association as a much-needed response to a growing environmental challenge. Along with…
The Tyre Recovery Association is pleased to be supporting West Mercia Police their initiative to tackle the scourge of tyre fly-tipping in their area: The campaign involving retailers and others handling waste tyres will offer special marker pens to identify…
Michelin Tyre PLC, which has already committed to switching to 100% renewable, recycled and bio-based materials for its tyres by 2050, is to sponsor the inaugural Responsible Recycler Scheme (RRS) Member of the Year Award. The NTDA’s Chief Executive Stefan…
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…
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…
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…
