Tyre recycling scam emerges in UK
Tyre Recycling
Tire recycling scams have come up in United Kingdom where recycling costs are high which results in firms dumping used tires and vanishing without trace. BBC reported last week about a company that took a warehouse on lease in Norfolk and filled the property with fake tyres. Now, the warehouse owner John Archbold is faced with the prospect of paying for disposing off the 50,000 tyres. Several garages sell used tyres to recycling firms for rock bottom prices.
The Environment Agency is advising tyre fitters to be wary of contractors who will take tyres away for less than 50p per time. Of the UK’s annual used tyre output, about a third are re-used with or without reconditioning; a further third are recycled into products including carpet underlay and playground surfaces; around 10% form the lining for landfill sites, and the remainder are burned under strictly controlled conditions, etyres.co.uk reported.
Learn More:
Stop Scrap Tyre Dumping
One UK warehouse owner was left with the disposal bill for 50,000 abandoned scrap tyres after a recycling contractor vanished without trace.
Klean Industries turns end-of-life tyres into recovered carbon black and pyrolysis oil rather than leaving them exposed to illegal dumping.
Want a responsible route for your scrap tyres ?
You can return to the main Market News page, or press the Back button on your browser.
