1,400 vehicle recycling fleets signs to use Michelin tyres

Michelin will supply tyres to recycling and resource management company SITA UK across its fleet of 1,400 vehicles after signing Michelin’s largest ever pence-per-vehicle-per-month deal with a “stop loss” policy incorporated. The three-year deal is structured to give both companies a shared financial incentive to reduce tyre damage over the longer term, particularly when it comes to SITA UK’s operations on landfill sites and in waste collections where tyre damage is more likely to occur.

Structured around a policy that successfully reduced SITA France’s tyre costs, Michelin will assume financial responsibility for a proportion of any damage to SITA UK’s rubber, and any damage beyond that will be SITA UK’s responsibility. The deal will also lower the up-front cost of Michelin fitments to SITA UK’s vans, rigid trucks and tractor units.
 
“Our company’s vision is to live in a society where there is no more waste; a society where waste materials are reused, recycled or recovered,” says SITA UK general manager for fleet Paul Shipman. “This deal with Michelin not only lowers the initial cost to us but it also fits with our sustainability vision by giving us an added financial incentive to look after our tyres over the long term.”

SITA UK will fit Michelin XZU tyres for urban operations where kerbing is common during kerbside pickups, and Michelin’s XZY fitments for on/off-road operations such as landfill work, where its front-and-rear-end loader trucks are operating regularly.

“We always valued Michelin’s Four Lives policy and will be fitting a combination of Michelin new, Remix and Encore tyres across the fleet for longevity,” Shipman says.

Service will be provided in the UK by a mix of independent Michelin Certified Centres and ATS Euromaster.