Tyres: Waste Disposal
Commons · Question 24642 · Tabled 17 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Tessa Munt
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that recovered tyres exported from the UK to India are not exported in a form that allows them to be refitted to vehicles in India.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 11 Feb 2025
The UK has strict controls on the export of waste to ensure that the waste is treated in an environmentally sound manner. These controls are established in UK legislation and enforced by the UK’s waste shipment competent authorities. Defra and the Environ...