§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the tonnage of tyres(a) sent to waste and (b) dealt with by each method of waste disposal was in the most recent year for which figures are available. [132672]
§ Margaret BeckettThe latest available figures for used tyres are for 2001. These show that 481,496 tonnes of tyres went for disposal; of these, 290,496 tonnes (60.3 per cent.) were recovered, broken down as follows:
Recovery option Tonnes Percentage of waste tyres Reuse 78,217 16.0 Retreading 49,179 9.9 Recycling 107,000 22.2 Landfill engineering 16,100 3.3 Energy recovery 40,000 8.3 Total 290,496 60.3 Sources:
various.