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TRA Launches Annual Award to Honour Commitment to Recycling

A new award, to be known as the ‘TRA Responsible Retailer of the Year’, is to be presented for the very first time at the Tyre Recovery Association’s 2007 Rubber Industry Dinner on 5th October. The award will honour tyre retailers who have demonstrated consistent concern for the responsible recycling of end of life tyres.

Nominations for the award will be forwarded by TRA members to a selection panel set up by the Association. The final selection criteria will include matters such as overall appearance of the premises, availability of new tyres and retreads (RMA Green Dealer Programme) as well as a clear commitment to regulatory compliance.

Commenting on this new TRA initiative, TRA Secretary Peter Taylor said it was now clearly necessary to ‘raise the game’ on the responsible collection and handling of used tyres and to do so by publicly congratulating those tyre retailers who subscribed to tyre recycling best practice in its broadest sense.

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Peter Gaster Takes on Key Role In TIF

Peter Gaster of Kings Road Tyres and the National Chairman of the NTDA has been appointed as the new vice chairman of the Tyre Industry Federation Board. Gaster takes over from Steve Tidmarsh of Kumho Tyres who represents the Imported Tyre Manufacturers Association (ITMA) on the board and who stood down at the meeting. Jim Rickard of Michelin, the Inaugural Chairman of the TIF continues as Chairman.

Commented NTDA Director Richard Edy: “We are delighted that NTDA has been given the opportunity to take on this key role in the TIF which we see playing a pivotal role in promoting the interests of the multi billion pound UK Tyre Industry.”

NTDA became members of the TIF last year and have four members on the board, Peter Gaster, John Tarbox of Pan Autos and the Immediate Past Chairman of the NTDA and Richard Edy.

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TRA to Exhibit at Brityrex in May

The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) will exhibit at Brityrex for the first time this May. The rapidly growing body whose members operate the Responsible Recycler Scheme is unique in a number of ways (not least its voluntary character). TRA is reportedly the largest national tyre recovery programme in Europe. During this year’s show the association will be offering tyre dealers, garage owners and anyone handling old tyres a five-point ‘Health Check’ to help them understand their legal obligations.

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TRA to Exhibit at Brityrex in May

The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) will exhibit at Brityrex for the first time this May. The rapidly growing body whose members operate the Responsible Recycler Scheme is unique in a number of ways (not least its voluntary character). TRA is reportedly the largest national tyre recovery programme in Europe. During this year’s show the association will be offering tyre dealers, garage owners and anyone handling old tyres a five-point ‘Health Check’ to help them understand their legal obligations.

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Tyre Recovery Association Elects Two New Officers

The UK’s Tyre Recovery Association has elected both a new President and a new Vice President / Treasurer each to serve two year terms. The Association’s new president for 2007/08 leading industry figure Tim Stott, general manager of Sapphire Energy Recovery Ltd, the Lafarge/Michelin joint venture. Tim replaces Roger Hicks, managing director of Charles Lawrence International Ltd and the TRA’s first ever President, who also served a two year term.

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Sapphire Sets Industry Service Delivery Standards

Sapphire Energy Recovery has launched a Service Charter for Sapphire regional collectors. Sapphire and its network of six regional collectors have all signed up to a Service Charter that outlines to new and existing customers, a level of service and commitment that tyre retailers can expect to receive.

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Top Industry Award for DME Tyres

DME Tyres has scooped an accolade by winning the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA)’s Audit Excellence Award for 2006. The award, which recognises and rewards the most professional approach to compliance and best practice in waste tyre collection and reprocessing, was presented to DME’s managing director Ken Plaster and commercial director Bill Clarke at the Rubber Industry Dinner held in Solihull last month.

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End-of-Life Tyres Highlighted in Independent Report

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Consumers reading the Independent have learnt details of the current End-of-life tyre (ELT) situation through an article published on 29 June. The article, which featured an interview with Tyre Recovery Association secretary, Peter Taylor, used DTI figures for setting the ELT scene – “48 million tyres, weighing 480,000 tons, were scrapped in 2004.” The Independent article reported that “around a quarter of old tyres are reused and around half are recycled in some way.”

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Shredders to Ban Used Tyres

The 16 member companies of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) are to ban tyres from their feedstock, the BMRA has announced. The ban will come into force on 7 July. The announcements leaves question marks over where vehicle dismantlers who do not have tyre recovery arrangements will dispose of their tyres. Up till now the BMRA had recommended a charge of £1.50 for each tyre delivered.

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EU Now Recovers More Tyres than US

In a complete reversal of the situation a decade ago, the tyre recovery rate is now higher in many parts of the EU than in the USA, according to the Bureau of International Recycling’s (BIR) Tyres committee. Bureau chairman, Barend Ten Bruggencate of The Netherlands told committee members meeting in Beijing that landfills had consumed 62 per cent of the EU’s scrap tyres as recently as 1994 and yet this figure had plummeted to 20 per cent by 2004 when some 3.213 million tonnes of used tyres were recovered across the 25 member states.

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Record Recovery Levels for Responsible Recycler Scheme

Statistics newly released by the Tyre Recovery Association show that for the first time members of the Association (all of whom are affiliated to the TIC Responsible Recycler Scheme) collectively recovered over 320,000 tonnes of waste tyres in 2005. This represented more than a 12 per cent increase over the 2004 figure (285,000 tonnes) and is the first time the Scheme has passed the 300,000 tonnes barrier. Indications suggest this figure will rise even further in 2006. The UK industry is estimated to generate 475,000 tonnes of used tyre arisings annually.

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TRA Commended at Annual EAST Awards Ceremony

The Tyre Recovery Association was the winner of a Commendation Award that this year’s EAST Awards ceremony held at London’s Royal Horseguards Hotel on 7 April. The TRA award was for Environmental & Sustainable Management and acknowledged the steady progress made by the Association in developing its Responsible Recycler Scheme for end of life tyres.

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Peter Taylor to Step Down from the TIC

After 14 years as secretary to the Tyre Industry Council, Peter Taylor has decided to step down at the end of 2006. In addition to his role at TIC secretary, Peter is director general of the Tyre Recovery Association, director of the Imported Tyre Manufacturers Association and a director of the new Tyre Industry Federation. TIC chairman, Brian Smith, thanked Peter Taylor for his “outstanding contribution to the Council and to tyre safety over the years and for giving a long period of notice to allow the planning of the continuation of the industry’s work on road safety and its management.”

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WRAP Selects EER Ltd

After a competitive tender process, WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has chosen US-based EER Limited, an international consulting firm specialising in waste tyre reuse, recycling and recovery, to carry out a comprehensive study of international ‘Best Practices’ for recycling scrap tyres into marketable products. “EER Limited’s wide-ranging international experience was important in the decision making process,” said Steve Waite, WRAP’s Tyre programme manager.

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RMA Join TRA

The Retread Manufacturers Association (RMA) is to become an affiliate of the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA).

TRA president, Roger Hicks, welcomed the move and views it as further endorsement of the TRA and its membership. He commented: “We as a body are still formulating our larger objectives and the willingness of the RMA to join with us in this future process will add to our sense of purpose. Together with the British Rubber Manufacturers’ Association who affiliated earlier this year we believe we are now in key position to help ensure the UK not only meets its obligations under the EU Landfill Directive but does so from a position of real strength and influence.”

RMA chairman, Patrick O’Connell, said: “Retreading plays a crucial role in the tyre recovery process and, as such, we are delighted to join the TRA as an affiliate member. Our decision to join the TRA should be seen as indicative of the RMA’s willingness to co-operate with other industry associations and of our desire to continue to play an active role in issues of cross-industry interest.”

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