TYRE RECYCLING – EU DIRECTIVE
October 1st, 2005
BY MARK ROWEEVER wondered what happens to your car's tyres when they are replaced? They may have done 20,000 miles or so on the road, but for many their working life has barely begun. Thanks to the European Union's End Of Life Vehicles Directive (2000/53/EC), landfills of whole tyres have been banned this year, with shredded tyres to follow in 2006. That means new homes for a great deal of tyres: 13 miillion tyres are stockpiled or put in landfill every year in the UK. Every day, 100,000 are taken off cars, vans, trucks, buses and bicycles.The best use of tyres ...
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