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Tyres: Waste Disposal

Commons · Question 26518 · 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, with reference to the Environment Agency’s 13 August 2026 progress update of waste pneumatic tyres and their export, how many (a) prohibition notices have been served on brokers export

Answer

Answered by Emma Hardy, 7 Sep 2026

(a) The Environment Agency (EA) has served 50 prohibition notices on exporters of waste tyres from England. (b) The EA has restricted exports to 31 destination facilities where exporters were unable to provide satisfactory return-tracking evidence, includ...