§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what surveys his Department has carried out into the number of tyres discarded from cars in Wales in the latest year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the number that were(a) remoulded and (b) dumped.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesA 1990 report commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry estimated that around 30 million used tyres are removed annually from vehicles in the United Kingdom; of these, around 10 per cent. are retreaded, and 70 per cent. landfilled, dumped or stockpiled. No separate figures are available for Wales. The Department of the Environment has commissioned a survey of existing dumps of tyres throughout the United Kingdom, and the results will be available in the new year.