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== Overview == | == 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 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 | 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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The Quality Protocol developed by [[WRAP]] in 2009 and updated in 2014 defines the [[End of Waste Criteria]] for the production of tyre-derived products. Once these have been met then waste tyres ceases to be waste as the material has been fully recovered<ref name="foo" />. | The Quality Protocol developed by [[WRAP]] in 2009 and updated in 2014 defines the [[End of Waste Criteria]] for the production of tyre-derived products. Once these have been met then waste tyres ceases to be waste as the material has been fully recovered<ref name="foo" />. | ||
== Macro Tonnages == | == Macro Tonnages == | ||
The most recent information published by DEFRA <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</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]]): | The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</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]]): | ||
[[File:Rubber Waste Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Rubber Waste - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]] | [[File:Rubber Waste Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Rubber Waste - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]] | ||
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 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator. | Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator. | ||