Tyres

Overview

A tyre is 'a thick piece of rubber which is fitted onto the wheels of vehicles such as cars, buses, lorries, and bicycles'.

The preferred method of treating waste tyres is for source-segregated tyres to undergo a waste Recovery operation to produce tyre-derived rubber materials. It is illegal to landfill untreated, whole tyres. ‌

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.

Macro Tonnages

The most recent information published by DEFRA 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):

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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

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

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes
West Lothian	Source segregated recyclate	Other Method	Not Available	Not Available	Car tyres	2,436.17	{{{date}}}
Cardiff County Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Atlantic Recycling Ltd	Ty - To - Maen Farm, Newton Road, Rumney, Cardiff, Glamorgan	Car tyres	2,350.16	{{{date}}}
Inverclyde	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Not Available	Not Available	Car tyres	1,831.80	{{{date}}}
East Riding of Yorkshire Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Credential Environmental Ltd	Plots1, 2 & 7, Breighton Airfield, Breighton, Selby, North Yorkshire	Car tyres	190.34	{{{date}}}
Argyll & Bute	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Not Available	Not Available	Car tyres	188.00	{{{date}}}
Greater Manchester WDA (MBC)	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Wheeldon Bros Waste Ltd	Yeargate Industrial Estate, Unit 1-4 New Road, Heap Bridge, Bury, Lancashire	Car tyres	152.72	{{{date}}}
Buckinghamshire Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	A S M Metal Recycling Ltd	A S M Metal Recycling Ltd, Griffin Lane, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	Car tyres	132.47	{{{date}}}

Large vehicle Tyres

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

Mixed Tyres

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

Van Tyres

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