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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. | 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. | ||