Written questions

Tyres: Waste Disposal

Commons · Question 26517 · Tabled 2 Sep 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 7 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Tessa Munt

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Environment Agency changed the evidence threshold for geo-tagged photographic proof of arrival under the enhanced Annex VII verification procedure for waste tyre ex

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 7 Sep 2026

The Environment Agency's (EA) enhanced verification checks, which required evidence to demonstrate that waste had been correctly received overseas, examined more than 10,000 waste tyre shipments between October 2025 and July 2026 and found no evidence of ...