The renowned in the tire recycling industry British magazine Tyre & Rubber Recycling, its Chief Editor Ewan Scott and a correspondent Richard Wilson, run a podcast exposing interesting topics and announcing updates to the tire recycling and pyrolysis industries. In the Tyre Recycling Podcast, Ewan Scott interviews key players from the tire recycling and pyrolysis industry from around the world. Make sure to subscribe for Tyre & Rubber Recycling magazine to receive updates about its interviews!

In episode 59, the Tyre Recycling Podcast talks to Peter Taylor OBE, Secretary General of the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA), about the lack of action on the T8 removal.

The T8 Exemption, originally designed to support small businesses in the UK tire recycling sector, has been misused and abused, leading to negative impacts on legitimate, permitted recycling businesses.

Seven years after the removal was first announced, we still don't seem to be close to a resolution. The domestic UK tyre recycling industry is being weakened by waste tyre exports to India.

Peter Taylor, Secretary General of TRA. | Video by Tyre & Rubber Recycling magazine.

Interview chapters:

  • 00:13 – Introduction
  • 00:34 – EA Announces the end of T8 Exemptions
  • 01:21 – Obtaining a T8
  • 02:13 – Permitted Recyclers
  • 03:11 – Peter Taylor
  • 03:28 – T8 Definitely not going
  • 03:59 – Government not interested in recycling
  • 04:59 – Exporting Waste Tyres
  • 05:17 – Watershed in tyre exporting
  • 05:43 – Why are we exporting?
  • 06:11 – No Investment at the present time
  • 06:45 – Indian Tyre Manufacturers and EPR
  • 07:28 – Malpractice is the route of choice
  • 08:20 – Indian Imports increase under EPR
  • 08:27 – Indian EPR Bucket if full of holes
  • 09:52 – The future of recycling is in the hands of government
  • 11:09 – Summary
  • 12:50 – Tools Government could use to encourage recycling

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