More action needed on waste tyres – NI committee says

The Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Environment today called for further action to ensure the safe and effective disposal of used tyres in its final report on its Inquiry into Used Tyre Disposal.

This is following interim recommendations that the Committee published last year on the disposal of used tyres.

Chairperson of the Committee, Anna Lo MLA, said: “I am pleased that the Committee has finalised the recommendations arising from its Used Tyre Inquiry. For some time now, the Committee has been concerned about illegally dumped tyres and the associated environmental impacts, including toxic smoke from fires in tyre stores and fly-tipping. In last year’s interim report, we made 20 important draft recommendations to address those issues. While we welcome the fact that the Department has implemented 8 of those recommendations, we feel that there has been insufficient action in other areas.

Check out the full article in the Tyre Trade Journal, out now.