EPA Scrap Tyre Proposal – 20 Years of US Environmental Progress up in Smoke?
Responding to a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to declare whole scrap tyres as a solid waste, the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) has declared the potential change in policy a measure that would “significantly harm the existing infrastructure that manages scrap tyres.” The association also believes two decades of environmental cleanup success is at risk of being reversed as a result.