Second Hand Tyre Waste

Second hand car dealers in Scotland may have to hold a license to handle waste tyres, under a new crackdown on fly-tipping reports The Herald.

A report will be presented to Glasgow council’s licensing committee next week, seeking approval to add a condition on tyres to the licences which second-hand dealers must hold to trade. The move coincides with 22,000 tyres being cleared from a mountain of waste rubber in the city. It cost the city council £39,500 to collect and dispose of the tyres, which weighed 156 tonnes.

The condition is aimed at cutting off the supply chain to fly-tippers who dispose of tyres illegally and will target second-hand car dealers in particular, with worn tyres often replaced to make vehicles more attractive to prospective buyers.