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Waste [[Tyres]], also known as End of Life Tyres ([[ELT]]) comprise both car, van and large vehicle truck tyres which are generally collected as a [[Source-Separated Collections|source-separated]] waste stream under [[EWC]] code [[EWCChap16|16 01 03]]. The [[Tyre Recovery Association]] estimate 40 million waste tryes are produced in the UK each year<ref>https://tyrerecovery.org.uk/know-tyre-waste/</ref>.

[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

== Overview ==

A tyre is 'a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles such as cars, buses, lorries, and bicycles'<ref>Collins, 2019. [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tyre Definition of tyre. Collinsdictionary.com.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]</ref>.

A [[Tyres|tyre]] is 'a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles such as cars, buses, lorries, and bicycles'<ref>Collins, 2019. [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tyre Definition of tyre. Collinsdictionary.com.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]</ref>.

The preferred method of treating waste tyres is for source-segregated tyres to undergo a waste [[Recovery]] operation to produce tyre-derived rubber materials<ref name="foo">Tyre Recovery Association, 2014. [https://tyrerecovery.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TDRM-A4-Report-2014-v2.pdf TYRE-DERIVED RUBBER MATERIALS End of waste criteria for the production and use of tyre-derived rubber materials (TDRM). Natural Resources Wales, Environment Agency, NIEA], pp.5–11. [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>. It is illegal to landfill untreated, whole tyres.

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== Macro Tonnages ==

~~The~~ most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, with ~~323~~,~~109~~ tonnes of rubber waste generated in the UK in ~~2016~~ (tyres being part of this category and the broader tonnages summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]):

A recent Hansard publication<ref>https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-04-29/debates/DF1C0690-5CAF-4B76-98FC-49F46D94ED16/RecyclingOfTyres#:~:text=According%20to%20global%20trade%20data,to%20rudimentary%20batch%20pyrolysis%20sites.</ref> reported the UK disposes of around 600,000 tonnes of tyres each year. A BBC news item<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14jy2dd8jeo</ref> reported the figure at closer to 700,000 tonnes per year, with both indicating around 300,000 to 350,000 tonnes being exported to India for disposal.

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These figures contrast with the most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> summarized in the pie chart below, with 237,297 tonnes of rubber waste generated in the UK in 2020 (tyres being part of this category and the broader tonnages summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]) and export figures reported by the [[EA]] indicated around 98,000 tonnes of End of Life tryes were exported in 2023.

~~! colspan="2"| Rubber Wastes~~

|-

[[File:Rubber Graphic.png|800px|frameless]]

~~| colspan="2"|{{Graph~~:~~MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=14229|val2=3|val3=5263|val4=1341|val5=293875|val6=8397}}~~

|-

The difference in these figures are a result of the extensive use of an exemption from waste permitting [[Waste Exemptions|T8]] which allows for the handling of up to 60 tonnes of truck tyres and 40 tonnes of any other tyres in any 7 day period - waste exemptions did not require waste returns to the regulator i.e. they did not report the tonnage handled and therefore the tonnage is not captured in the reported DEFRA figures. This approach will change in the future, with the [[EA]] publishing in July 2025 an intention to modify the relevant regulation with a requirment to record tonnage handled<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforming-the-waste-exemptions-system</ref> under exemptions and the intention to the remove the [[Waste Exemptions|T8]] within 3 months of the change to the regulation. In 2024 the [[EA]] had just over 1,000 sites that had registered a [[Waste Exemptions|T8]] exemption.

~~! colspan="2"|Data Table~~

|-

==Use of Waste Tyres==

~~| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)~~

A graphic prodcued by the [[Tyre Recovery Association]] summarises the potential uses of waste tyres, as reproduced below:

~~| style="text~~-~~align:right;"| 14229~~

|-

[[File:Know-tyre-waste-factsheet-screenshot.jpg|800px|frameless|Graphic reporduced from Trye Recovery Association website]]

~~| Mining~~ and ~~Quarrying (MQ)~~

~~| style="text-align:right;"~~| 3

|-

~~| Industrial (Ind)~~

~~| style~~=~~"text-align~~:~~right;" | 5,263~~

|-

~~| Construction (Con)~~

~~| style="text~~-~~align:right;" | 1,341~~

|-

~~| Commercial (Com)~~

~~| style="text~~-~~align:right;" | 293,875~~

|-

~~| Household (HH)~~

| ~~style="text-align:right;"~~ | ~~8,397~~

|}

==Local Authority Tonnage==

The macro numbers above do not breakdown the component elements of tyres, but the following tyre headers in the page are a selection of those captured by local authorities handling tyres and as reported through [[WasteDataFlow]].

== Car Tyres ==

=== Car Tyres ===

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than ~~100~~ tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 50 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Car Tyres' and tonnage >= ~~100~~|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Car Tyres' and tonnage >= 50|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

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! Material

! Tonnes

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

! Reporting Year

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== Large vehicle Tyres ==

=== Large vehicle Tyres ===

Below is a list of local authorities that ~~sends more than 20 tonnes of~~ this material to a single waste operator.

Below is a list of local authorities that sending this material to a single waste operator.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Large vehicle Tyres' and tonnage >= 20|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Large vehicle Tyres' and tonnage >= 0|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

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! Material

! Tonnes

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

! Reporting Year

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== Mixed Tyres ==

=== Mixed Tyres ===

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than ~~2000~~ tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 1000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Mixed Tyres' and tonnage >= ~~2000~~|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Mixed Tyres' and tonnage >= 1000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

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! Material

! Tonnes

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

! Reporting Year

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== Van Tyres ==

=== Van Tyres ===

Below is a list of local authorities that ~~sends more than 10 tonnes of~~ this material to a single waste operator.

Below is a list of local authorities that sending this material to a single waste operator.

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Van Tyres' and tonnage >= 10|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Van Tyres' and tonnage >= 0|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

{| class=wikitable

! Authority

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! Material

! Tonnes

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}

! Reporting Year

{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}

|}

== References ==

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+Waste [[Tyres]], also known as End of Life Tyres ([[ELT]]) comprise both car, van and large vehicle truck tyres which are generally collected as a [[Source-Separated Collections|source-separated]] waste stream under [[EWC]] code [[EWCChap16|16 01 03]]. The [[Tyre Recovery Association]] estimate 40 million waste tryes are produced in the UK each year<ref>https://tyrerecovery.org.uk/know-tyre-waste/</ref>.
 [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
+[[File:First-waste-tyres-648x321.jpg|350px|left|Picture of Waste Car Tyres - picture from Pellon Tyres and Autocentre all rights reserved]]__TOC__
+<br clear='left'/>
 == Overview ==
-A tyre is 'a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles such as cars, buses, lorries, and bicycles'<ref>Collins, 2019. [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tyre Definition of tyre. Collinsdictionary.com.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]</ref>.
+A [[Tyres|tyre]] is 'a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles such as cars, buses, lorries, and bicycles'<ref>Collins, 2019. [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tyre Definition of tyre. Collinsdictionary.com.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]</ref>.
 The preferred method of treating waste tyres is for source-segregated tyres to undergo a waste [[Recovery]] operation to produce tyre-derived rubber materials<ref name="foo">Tyre Recovery Association, 2014. [https://tyrerecovery.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/TDRM-A4-Report-2014-v2.pdf TYRE-DERIVED RUBBER MATERIALS End of waste criteria for the production and use of tyre-derived rubber materials (TDRM). Natural Resources Wales, Environment Agency, NIEA], pp.5–11. [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>. It is illegal to landfill untreated, whole tyres.
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 == Macro Tonnages ==
-The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, with 323,109 tonnes of rubber waste generated in the UK in 2016 (tyres being part of this category and the broader tonnages summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]):
+A recent Hansard publication<ref>https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025-04-29/debates/DF1C0690-5CAF-4B76-98FC-49F46D94ED16/RecyclingOfTyres#:~:text=According%20to%20global%20trade%20data,to%20rudimentary%20batch%20pyrolysis%20sites.</ref> reported the UK disposes of around 600,000 tonnes of tyres each year. A BBC news item<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c14jy2dd8jeo</ref> reported the figure at closer to 700,000 tonnes per year, with both indicating around 300,000 to 350,000 tonnes being exported to India for disposal.
-{| class="wikitable"
-|-
+These figures contrast with the most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> summarized in the pie chart below, with 237,297 tonnes of rubber waste generated in the UK in 2020 (tyres being part of this category and the broader tonnages summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]) and export figures reported by the [[EA]] indicated around 98,000 tonnes of End of Life tryes were exported in 2023.
-! colspan="2"| Rubber Wastes
-|-
+[[File:Rubber Graphic.png|800px|frameless]]
-| colspan="2"|{{Graph:MaterialPie|Width=200|Height=200|size=200|offset=175|val1=14229|val2=3|val3=5263|val4=1341|val5=293875|val6=8397}}
-|-
+The difference in these figures are a result of the extensive use of an exemption from waste permitting [[Waste Exemptions|T8]] which allows for the handling of up to 60 tonnes of truck tyres and 40 tonnes of any other tyres in any 7 day period - waste exemptions did not require waste returns to the regulator i.e. they did not report the tonnage handled and therefore the tonnage is not captured in the reported DEFRA figures. This approach will change in the future, with the [[EA]] publishing in July 2025 an intention to modify the relevant regulation with a requirment to record tonnage handled<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforming-the-waste-exemptions-system</ref> under exemptions and the intention to the remove the [[Waste Exemptions|T8]] within 3 months of the change to the regulation. In 2024 the [[EA]] had just over 1,000 sites that had registered a [[Waste Exemptions|T8]] exemption.
-! colspan="2"|Data Table
-|-
+==Use of Waste Tyres==
-| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)
+A graphic prodcued by the [[Tyre Recovery Association]] summarises the potential uses of waste tyres, as reproduced below:
-| style="text-align:right;"| 14229
-|-
+[[File:Know-tyre-waste-factsheet-screenshot.jpg|800px|frameless|Graphic reporduced from Trye Recovery Association website]]
-| Mining and Quarrying (MQ)
-| style="text-align:right;"| 3
-|-
-| Industrial (Ind)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 5,263
-|-
-| Construction (Con)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 1,341
-|-
-| Commercial (Com)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 293,875
-|-
-| Household (HH)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 8,397
-|}
+==Local Authority Tonnage==
 The macro numbers above do not breakdown the component elements of tyres, but the following tyre headers in the page are a selection of those captured by local authorities handling tyres and as reported through [[WasteDataFlow]].
-== Car Tyres ==
+=== Car Tyres ===
-Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 100 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
+Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 50 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
 {{#clear_external_data:}}
-{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Car Tyres' and tonnage >= 100|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Car Tyres' and tonnage >= 50|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 {| class=wikitable
 ! Authority
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 ! Material
 ! Tonnes
-{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+! Reporting Year
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 |}
-== Large vehicle Tyres ==
+=== Large vehicle Tyres ===
-Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 20 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
+Below is a list of local authorities that sending this material to a single waste operator.
 {{#clear_external_data:}}
-{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Large vehicle Tyres' and tonnage >= 20|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Large vehicle Tyres' and tonnage >= 0|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 {| class=wikitable
 ! Authority
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 ! Material
 ! Tonnes
-{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+! Reporting Year
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 |}
-== Mixed Tyres ==
+=== Mixed Tyres ===
-Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
+Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 1000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
 {{#clear_external_data:}}
-{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Mixed Tyres' and tonnage >= 2000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Mixed Tyres' and tonnage >= 1000|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 {| class=wikitable
 ! Authority
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 ! Material
 ! Tonnes
-{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+! Reporting Year
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 |}
-== Van Tyres ==
+=== Van Tyres ===
-Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 10 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
+Below is a list of local authorities that sending this material to a single waste operator.
 {{#clear_external_data:}}
-{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Van Tyres' and tonnage >= 10|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+{{#get_db_data: db=disp |from=disposal |where=material='Van Tyres' and tonnage >= 0|order by=tonnage desc|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 {| class=wikitable
 ! Authority
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 ! Material
 ! Tonnes
-{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage}}
+! Reporting Year
+{{#display_external_table:template=Diposaltable‎|data=authority=authority,stream=stream,type=type,operator=operator,address=address,material=material,tonnage=tonnage,date=date}}
 |}
 == References ==
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