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Tyres: Waste Disposal

Commons · Question 106503 · Tabled 19 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Jan 2026

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Asked by Tessa Munt

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the Government’s announcement in July 2025 of the decision to remove the T8 waste tyre exemption, if she will clarify the process involved in achieving that, confirm the tim

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Answered by Mary Creagh, 22 Jan 2026

Removal of the T8 waste exemption for mechanically treating end-of-life tyres is part of a package of reforms to the waste exemption regime. These reforms encompass the removal of two other exemptions, substantial amendments to seven exemptions and the in...