Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 109800

Tyres: Waste Disposal

Tabled: 30 January 2026

Answered: 4 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat — Wells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to remove end-of-life tyres from the green list waste category under the Waste Shipment Regulations.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The export of waste tyres is subject to controls set out in existing UK legislation. The Environment Agency (EA) has recently completed a review into its approach for regulating the export of waste tyres. As a result of this, the EA has launched enhanced ...

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