Leading companies and individuals involved in the treatment, processing or use of end of life tyres are set to have their efforts recognised by the industry for the first time. The inaugural Michelin Innovation Award will be presented at the…
The arrests were made by the police as part of 'Operation Hemlock' - an Environment Agency investigation into the illegal handling and disposal of tyres across the country. Environmental Crime officers are targeting sites where volumes of poor quality tyre…
A Malvern man has been sentenced (24 March) to a total of 12 months imprisonment for depositing and storing controlled waste -namely used tyres - illegally at his workplace and home. Mark Alexanda Smith, aged 43, pleaded guilty at…
A responsible recycler workshop will take place in the morning followed by the annual TRA forum day in the afternoon. The TRA tyre industry dinner 'Swinging Sixties' will be held in the evening. For further information on how to book…
TRA Elects New Officers At its Annual General meeting the Association elected a new President and Vice President/Treasurer to succeed the existing appointees whose terms of office fall vacant under its rules. The new President of the TRA will be Barry Stocker, General…
The Health and Safety Executive has announced the setting up of a special e-mail account for reporting complaints or 'confessions' of non-compliance with the REACH pre-registration and registration requirements. REACHcompliance@hse.gsi.gov.uk
2009 Forum Day scheduled for May 15th in Kenilworth, Warwickshire The Association's 2009 Forum Day will be held on the afternoon of May 15th at Kenilworth's Chesford Grange Hotel. This is the same date as the UK's Tyre and Rubber…
Responsible Recycler Scheme (RRS) tonnages on upward trend in 2008 In the first half of 2008 end of life tyre tonnages handled by the Tyre Industry Federation's Responsible Recycler Scheme increased to 223,600 tonnes, up 23.7% over the same period…
BANDVULC TO JOIN THE TRA Bandvulc Tyres based in Ivybridge, South Devon is one of Britain’s prominent and progressive retreaders of commercial tyres and the Association is proud to welcome them into TRA membership and to active participation in the Tyre…