Meeting Your Tyre Waste Recycling Needs
Current legislation:
From 16 July 2006 ALL tyres (whole or shredded) banned from landfill. Manufactured rejects (new tyres) can go to landfill.
Used tyre disposal options:
- Reuse part-worn
- Recycle via Retreading
- Recycle via Grinding
- Energy recovery via fuel substitute
Are you ready to stop landfilling your tyre waste?
The EU Landfill Directive introduced a ban on whole tyres being landfilled in July 2003 and shredded tyres came into force in 2006. Hence from 16 July 2006 tyres can no longer be sent to landfill for disposal. The UK produces 450,000 tonnes of used tyres each year.
Waste tyres are non-hazardous waste. Over the last five years the proportion of waste tyres that are landfilled in the UK has steadily reduced, as alternative waste management options have become available. Tyres account for around 3.5% of the weight of an average End of Life Vehicle, and as a controlled waste under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, a Duty of Care is placed upon waste producers, even after they leave your premises, to ensure that waste material is disposed of safely through registered carriers to licensed sites.
Ling can provide collection and recycling through our Tyre Shredding Facility at our Canterbury site. This process produces a 20mm crumb which is 99% wire free and suitable for use as a surface for indoor and outdoor horse menage. It can also be used as a cover to suppress weed growth in landscaping, boarders etc. Ling can provide the product from a minimum of 1 tonne up to 50 tonne plus for arena areas. We can arrange haulage and if necessary installation of the product.
Whatever the size of tyre you have for disposal we at Ling have the solution.
Ling are committed to providing customers with the best possible recycling solution in adherence with current legislation. We provide a professional, reliable, cost-effective service performed by dedicated, skilled and environmentally aware workforce. In cases of illegal ‘flytipping’ of tyres the Environment Agency will actively seek prosecution and those convicted face fines of up to £20,000 and possible imprisonment for EACH deposit of waste.