Guides

Reference notes on the paperwork side of scrap tyres. Each one names its sources; none of it is legal advice.

• How to check a waste carrier registration

  What a CBD number is, where the Environment Agency register lives, and what upper and lower tier actually mean when someone collects your tyres.

• Duty of care and waste transfer notes

  Under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, responsibility for waste stays with its producer. See what paperwork records a transfer.

• What happens to waste tyres in the UK

  Whole tyres and shredded tyres have both been banned from landfill for two decades. Where they go instead, and why the collection chain is worth checking.

• What tyre disposal costs, and what drives the price

  What actually sits behind a scrap tyre collection price: processing, haulage, tyre type and registration costs. We publish no prices and quote no jobs.

• The T8 exemption, and what it does and does not allow

  T8 lets a site treat limited amounts of end-of-life tyres without a permit. The tonnage limits, the storage conditions, and where a permit takes over.

• What must be on a waste transfer note

  The information a waste transfer note has to carry, the EWC code for tyres, how long to keep a copy, and when a season ticket covers repeat collections.

• Duty of care: the one-page sheet

  A one-page duty of care sheet for a workshop wall: what to check before you hand over waste, what to keep and for how long, and the three things that go wrong.

• Does your tyre supplier collect your old tyres?

  If your supplier's driver takes old casings away on the delivery run, the supplier is the waste carrier. What to ask, what to check, and what to keep.