Tyres account for around 3.5% of the weight of an average ELV, and as a controlled waste under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, a Duty of Care is placed upon waste producers to ensure that waste material is disposed of safely through registered carriers to licensed sites. According to the Used Tyre Working Group's 2001 survey 22% were recycled, 8.3% went to energy recovery, 9.9% were re treaded, 16% were reused and 3.3% were used in landfill engineering. The remainder (approximately 40%) will have been land filled, stockpiled or illegally disposed of.
Tyre disposal options: Waste prevention is a primary objective when looking for future developments in scrap tyre options. Ongoing research into improvements in tyre design and construction has resulted in the life expectancy of tyres continuing to lengthen.
- Reuse of part-worn tyres
- Reuse through landfill engineering
- Recycling through re treading
- Recycling through grinding
- Recycling through cryogenic fragmentation
- Recycling through de-vulcanisation
- Recycling through microwave technology
- Energy Recovery
- Energy Recovery through pyrolysis
- Energy Recovery through incineration in cement kilns
- Other uses of waste tyres
Around 10,000 tonnes of tyres are exported to other countries for
use as part-worns or in overseas retread operations.
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