§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tyres were(a) purchased, (b) reused and (c) disposed of by (i) landfill, (ii) incineration, (iii) illegal fly tipping and (iv) other means in each year since 1992. [99271]
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§ Mr. MeacherThe Used Tyre Working Group, which comprises representatives from the tyre industry and officials from the Department of Trade and Industry and the Environment Agency, has compiled statistics on
Replacement tyre sales Tyres on new vehicles Total Units (m) Tonnes (000s) Units (m) Tonnes (000s) Units (m) Tonnes (000s) 1995 27.9 382 11.2 94 39.1 476 1996 27.2 359 11.6 96 38.8 456 1997 26.6 369 12.4 100 39 468 1998 27.8 370 12.9 106 40.7 476 19991 26.3 275 12.7 103 38.9 378 2000 25 260 12.8 105 37.8 365 2001 26.9 284 14.1 114 41.0 398 1From 1999 onwards, the method of calculating replacement tyre sales tonnage from unit information changed to better reflect the spread of commercial vehicle tyre sizes and weights.
Tonnes (000s)1 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Reused2 72 87 93 110 92 99 94 Retreaded 124 116 110 86 66 56 49 Recycled 41 41 34 49 83 75 107 Energy recovery3 80 102 117 84 70 54 40 Total recovery 317 346 354 328 311 283 290 Other (inc. landfill)4 166 138 136 139 123 167 191 Used tyre arisings5 483 484 490 468 427 450 481 1Units not separately identified, since recovery generally reported in tonnage terms. 2Category includes part-worn tyres, tyres used for silage clamps and landfill engineering purposes and exports of used tyres. 3Includes the former Elm Energy/Sita Tyre Recycling tyres to energy plant which closed in 2000. 4The figure for landfill, as reported in the table, is effectively the balance between used tyre arisings and used tyre recovery. As well as covering the disposal of both whole and shredded tyres to landfill, it also includes those tyres which are disposed of to landfill as automotive shredder residue. 5From 1999, total used tyre arisings have been based on the number of replacement tyre sales, numbers of vehicles scrapped and imports of used tyres as well as a proportion of tyres re-entering the waste stream after temporary re-use. The level of tyre fly-tipping is not separately identified. However, the Environment Agency responded to over 1,300 incidents involving tyres in 2002. The actual total is likely to be substantially higher since many incidents are reported directly to local authorities and do not feature in Environment Agency statistics.
Government, through the Department of Trade and Industry, are shortly to issue a follow-up paper to its 2002 consultation on a possible statutory producer responsibility mechanism for used tyres. This follow-up paper invites views on the introduction of statutory reporting requirements through both the new tyre supply and used tyre disposal chains with the aim of improving the information base, promoting responsible tyre recovery and disposal practices while at the same time making it increasingly difficult for those fly-tipping tyres. The paper will also seek views on the introduction of a single point for the reporting of tyre fly-tipping incidents.
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Municipal waste 2000–01 Government Region Municipal waste (000 tonnes) Landfill disposal (percentage) Incineration (percentage) Other methods (percentage) East Midlands 2,290 78 7 15 East of England 2,918 82 2 16 London 4,463 71 21 8 North East 1,452 75 19 6 North West 4,155 90 1 9 South East 4,344 81 0 19 South West 2,678 82 0 18 Wales 1,642 93 0 7 used tyres since 1995. The statistics, which are based on information supplied to the UTWG on a voluntary basis, are indicative in nature since the quality of the source data varies.