Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 51980

Tyres: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Carla Lockhart

Democratic Unionist PartyUpper Bann

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that farmers have low cost access for disposing of tractor tyres.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Every business that produces or deals with waste tyres has a legal duty of care to make sure that their waste is managed appropriately by an authorised person to ensure that risks to the environment are minimised. Any holder of end-of-life tractor tyres i...

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