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):

Rubber Wastes
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Data Table
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)	14229
Mining and Quarrying (MQ)	3
Industrial (Ind)	5,263
Construction (Con)	1,341
Commercial (Com)	293,875
Household (HH)	8,397

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 20 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes
Pembrokeshire County Council	Source segregated recyclate	Exporter - recycling (qu19)	Other/Exempt	TD Tyre RecyclingOld Brs YeardAlltycnap RoadJohnstownCarmarthenSA31 3NE	Large vehicle tyres	44.05	{{{date}}}
Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Envirotyre U K Ltd	Reed Point, Spalding Road, Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire	Large vehicle tyres	25.88	{{{date}}}

Mixed Tyres

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

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes
Lancashire County Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Recycling Lives Ltd	D1/ D2 Longridge Road, Red Scar Bus Park, Preston, Lancashire	Mixed tyres	8,725.31	{{{date}}}
Norfolk County Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Wiser Recycling Ltd	St lves Resource Recovery Facility, Caxton Road, St lves, Cornwall	Mixed tyres	4,205.06	{{{date}}}
Cornwall	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Henry And William Henry Orchard	Burnt House Garage, Dobwalls, Liskeard, Cornwall	Mixed tyres	4,043.60	{{{date}}}
Highland	Source segregated recyclate	Other Method	Not Available	Not Available	Mixed tyres	3,251.04	{{{date}}}

Van Tyres

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

Authority	Stream	Facility	Operator	Address	Material	Tonnes
Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Envirotyre U K Ltd	Reed Point, Spalding Road, Sutterton, Boston, Lincolnshire	Van tyres	25.88	{{{date}}}
Central Bedfordshire	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Other/Exempt	New Recycling Ltd - Unit F1, Airfield Industrial Estate, Cheddington Lane, Long Marston, Tring, Herts HP23 4QR	Van tyres	19.22	{{{date}}}
Fenland District Council	Source segregated recyclate	Reprocessor - recycling (qu19)	Credential Environmental Ltd	Plots1, 2 & 7, Breighton Airfield, Breighton, Selby, North Yorkshire	Van tyres	13.54	{{{date}}}