Ban on tyre shred in landfill due to come into effect from Sunday

Brussels - Shredded tyres will no longer be permitted in landfill waste sites from Sunday, 16 July, as European regulations are supposed come into force across Europe.

Whole tyres have been banned from landfill sites since July 2003. The regulations are linked with the EU landfill Directive 1999/31/EC. The directive came into force in July 1999 and member states had two years to enact legislation. The ban on tyre shred was due to come into force five years after that, at the latest.

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Text of directive from EC