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!

Episode 70 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features Peter Taylor, delving into the challenges and opportunities within the UK tyre recycling industry. The discussion highlights issues such as the need for regulatory enforcement, the delays in addressing T8 legislation, and the potential impacts of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) without proper underpinning. Taylor also emphasizes the importance of addressing carbon footprints from reimported products and ensuring feedstock security for future recycling initiatives.

The Tyre Recycling Podcast | Episode #70 by Tyre & Rubber Recycling.

Interview chapters

  • 00:12 – Introduction
  • 00:33 – Potential for change
  • 01:09 – Discussion opens
  • 01:50 – UK has a long established collection system that works
  • 02:20 – Issues arise when the tyres are moved on
  • 02:24 – Answers lie with government
  • 03:02 – Tyres could be size reduced
  • 03:22 – Why is it taking so long to bring about change?
  • 04:03 – T8 Legislation should have been dealt with in 2022
  • 04:41 – Perhaps government thinks that EPR is a solution
  • 04:58 – A Lack of enforcement
  • 06:04 – PR needs to be properly underpinned
  • 06:34 – Reimporting end products with a massive Carbon Footprint
  • 07:33 – India started introducing EPR
  • 08:00 – UK and European exports undermine the domestic process in India
  • 08:29 – EPR will achieve nothing without regulatory underpinning
  • 09:02 – EU Waste Transhipment rules could see more tyres coming into the UK
  • 10:50 – Enforcement is the issue 12:01 Does the UK have the capacity to process?
  • 12:47 – Always a need for exports
  • 13:10 – Cut tyres would create feedstock security for larger projects
  • 14:15 – If change does come, will government find funds to support the industry?
  • 14:17 – Government will probably not have the funds
  • 15:05 – The markets will click in and provide a solution
  • 15:56 – Australian ban on whole tyre exports
  • 17:10 – Concluding remarks

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