Waste Management (Tyres & Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 664 of 2007)
Background
An estimated 35,000 tonnes of waste tyres are generated in Ireland each year, however as data on this waste stream is deficient, there is a need to improve on the way this waste stream is managed.
The Waste Management (Tyres & Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007 are designed to promote the environmentally sound management of waste tyres. They provide a regulatory framework for comparing the quantities of waste tyres arising with the quantities placed on the market and also to track the movement of waste tyres from the time they are discarded until they are recycled or recovered.
Requirements
The regulations impose reporting obligations on anyone involved with tyres and waste tyres, including producers, suppliers, waste collectors, recovery operators and farmers. The following is a summary of the requirements for each sector:
Tyre Suppliers | Tyre Producers | Waste Collectors | Recovery Operators | Farmers
Queries
If you have any queries in relation to your obligations as a supplier, producer, waste collector, recovery operator or farmer, please contact:
Waste Enforcement Section
Louth County Council
County Hall
Millennium Centre
Dundalk, Co. Louth
Tel: 042 - 9324 195 / 042 - 9324 101
Email: tyres@louthcoco.ie
Legislation
Waste Management (Tyre & Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007
Links
TRACS Ireland
Department of the Environment
TWM
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