Viridis Publications - Report VR 3 Status of post-consumer tyres in the European Union

Publication Year

2002

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Official reports indicate that more than 2,500,000 tonnes of post-consumer tyres are permanently removed from vehicles each year in the 15 Member States of the European Union and must be disposed in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner. However, both collectors and those who provide alternative treatment and disposal routes dispute these figures. Describes the status quo across the European Union (EU) concerning the practices and procedures currently used to collect, interpret and report information on post-consumer tyres and to present the current situation in terms of tyre flows and the valorisation of post-consumer tyres.

Document History

Viridis are a part of the Transport Research Foundation and a sister company to TRL, who publish documents on their behalf. Part of the Biffaward Programme on Sustainable Resource Use.

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