Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 106503

Tyres: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 22 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal DemocratWells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the Government’s announcement in July 2025 of the decision to remove the T8 waste tyre exemption, if she will clarify the process involved in achieving that, confirm the tim

Answer

Mary Creagh
Removal of the T8 waste exemption for mechanically treating end-of-life tyres is part of a package of reforms to the waste exemption regime. These reforms encompass the removal of two other exemptions, substantial amendments to seven exemptions and the in...

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