Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007
Background to Waste Tyres Legislation
There are approximately 3 million tyres placed on the Irish Market each year. An estimated 35,000 tonnes of waste tyres are generated in Ireland each year though data on this waste stream is deficient; hence the need to put in place a system for tracking waste tyre flows. Waste tyres are not in themselves a hazardous waste, but have the potential to cause environmental pollution if disposed of incorrectly.
The Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007 are designed to promote the environmentally sound management of waste tyres. They provide a regulatory framework for comparing quantities of waste tyres arising with the quantities placed on the market and in tracking the movement of waste tyres from the time they are discarded until they are either reused or processed for recycling and/or recovery. The Regulations came into effect on 1st January 2008.
Obligations of the Regulations
The Regulations impose obligations on persons who supply tyres to the Irish market, whether as manufacturers, wholesalers, suppliers, traders, or retailers and on the collectors of waste tyres. An exemption from these obligations is available to persons who participate in a voluntary compliance scheme operated by an approved body.
Industry compliance system
An exemption from these obligations is available to persons who participate in either of the following two voluntary compliance schemes which have been approved by the Minster following the making of the Regulations:
(1) TRACS - More information on this can be found on TRACS website, http://www.tracsireland.ie or by contacting them at 01 – 4100618
and
(2) Tyre Waste Management Ltd., Duane House, Islanduane, Mungret, Limerick, or by contacting them at 061-305 889.
Registration with your Local Authority
If you supply tyres to the Irish Market, whether as manufacturers, wholesalers, suppliers, traders, or retailers or you are involved in the collection of waste tyres and are not a member of the compliance schemes, then you must register annually with your Local Authority, and pay annual registration and re-registration fees. Detailed reporting on quantities of tyres placed on the market or taken in since January 1st 2008 must be made to your Local Authority. Registration forms are available below or from the Environment Department of Fingal County Council by contacting 890- 6291.
This information does not act as a direct interpretation of the law and for full information the Regulations should be consulted.
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