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
Tyres Burn While Government Ministers for ‘Waste and Recycling’ Fiddle
Tyres burn while Government Ministers for ‘Waste and Recycling’ fiddle Tyre Recovery Association write to Mary Creagh, Minister for Waste and Recycling, to warn that time is running out for UK tyre recovery capability and call for immediate action Threat…
TRA Confirms Date and Venue for its 2025 Briefing Day
TRA Confirms Date and Venue for its 2025 Briefing Day THE TRA 2025 BRIEFING DAY - DATE AND VENUE ANNOUNCED This years’ Briefing Day event will take place on Tuesday 16th September 2025 so diarise it now. The…
UK tyre bodies unite to call for DEFRA action – end T-8 exemption and whole tyre exports
TRA, ITMA, BTMA, NTDA, representing every stage of car tyre industry, write to Secretary of State, Steve Reed MP Following Labour’s first budget, UK industry call for reforms to improve environmental management, secure British industry and contribute to national wealth…
TRA Announces Agenda for Annual Conference Day, 2024
TRA announces agenda for Annual Conference Day, 2024 UK Tyre Recovery Association celebrates 25 years and its Silver Jubilee UK used tyre recycling industry bosses gather to call on the new government to advance opportunities and innovation necessary to secure…
Reforming Responsible Waste Management – The Tyre Recovery Association Manifesto for 2024
Manifesto - Supporting Tyre Recycling in the United Kingdom - FINAL
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…