Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24643
Tyres: Waste Disposal
Tabled: 17 January 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025
Question
Tessa Munt
Liberal Democrat — Wells and Mendip Hills
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Indian counterpart on steps to ensure that recovered tyres exported to India are not used to breach Indian domestic law.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe UK has strict controls on the export of waste to ensure that the waste is treated in an environmentally sound manner. These controls are established in UK legislation and enforced by the UK’s waste shipment competent authorities. Defra and the Environ...
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