The Tyre Recovery Association called on retailers and garages to support efforts to eradicate illegal tyre collection and disposal activities at the association’s annual forum day last week (9 July 2010). More than 65 delegates heard a range of presentations from different industry areas and discussed ways to improve recycling rates and abolish illegal activities.

“This year’s forum proved to be a great success which we hope will act as a catalyst to generate even greater support from within the industry,” Peter Taylor OBE, secretary general of the Tyre Recovery Association commented. “A number of very positive ideas and suggestions were shared which could help the industry significantly. One of the major areas of common consensus was in the support that our retail colleagues can provide. Many felt that retailers should become more aware about their duty of care obligations. This could be achieved in a number of ways such as checking that their collector is registered with the Responsible Recycler Scheme. This type of simple action would help to significantly reduce the number of tyres which continue to be illegally stored, dumped or exported.”