Retreaders ‘disappointed’ with Micheldever’s drilling policy
Following Micheldever Tyres Services’ recent announcement that its branches are implementing a scrapping policy on all removed passenger car tyres, the Retread Manufacturers Association (RMA) has signalled its disappointment with this approach.
The RMA is calling on the TIF to support the recycling sector by aiming to push government into better policing of the part worn regulations rather than the continuation and potential expansion of this environmentally damaging policy. The RMA would like to see this practice stopped as soon as possible and instead tyre dealers given basic training on how to identify potentially dangerous tyres and scrapping these only.
According to the RMA statement, Micheldever’s policy are efforts to “rectify the poor policing of the part worn tyre regulations”, something which the company has taken upon itself to do by “scrapping all car and van tyres removed from vehicles by drilling the tyre with two holes.”
Instead of scrapping the tyres, the RMA’s membership supports recycling of high quality worn casings for re-engineering: “While the RMA fully supports the increased control of part worn tyres, it cannot condone the scrapping of tyres that could be perfectly acceptable for retreading.”
Although the retreading of car and van tyres is currently relatively limited in the UK, any increase in the scrapping of good raw material will only be negative to the expansion of retreading in both the UK and Europe, the RMA’s statement continued, adding: “Such a policy will lead to the loss of jobs in the sector and an increase in tyre scrap, something the industry is trying to reduce.”
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