No solution for industrial tyre disposal

The Industrial Tyre Association (ITA) and the Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) have warned that there are inadequate recycling facilities for industrial tyres in the UK. Although solid industrial tyres only represent one per cent of the total tyre arisings there are no dedicated facilities for their disposal and there are fewer and fewer landfill sites accepting whole tyres of any sort. The ITA and the FLTA sought some flexibility from the Dti and the Environment Agency, but have been told that the regulations will be rigidly applied.