Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 26354

Tyres: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 24 January 2025
Answered: 10 February 2025

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of used tyre exports on the environment; and what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate these impacts.

Answer

Emma Hardy
UK legislation requires that those involved in the shipment of waste take all necessary steps to ensure waste is managed in an environmentally sound manner throughout its shipment and at the waste management facility in the country of destination. Any ope...

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