Everything that leaves a workshop in someone else’s van
Tyres are where we started, and they are still the biggest pile on the yard. They are not the only one. Oil, batteries and scrap metal leave the same way, and the duty of care under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 follows all four.
Waste tyre collection
Part-worn and scrap casings leaving a garage, a tyre bay or an MOT centre.
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Waste oil collection
Engine and gearbox oil, oil filters and oily water from a workshop sump.
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Waste battery collection
Lead-acid vehicle batteries, and the traction packs that come with electric work.
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Scrap metal collection
Body panels, exhausts, brake discs, alloys and the rest of the skip.
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General waste collection
The skip on the forecourt: packaging, rags, workshop sweepings and site clearance.
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End-of-life vehicles collection
A car not worth repairing, which goes to an authorised treatment facility.
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Registered waste carriers across England
Every carrier on the register, whatever they collect. The tyre directory is a narrow slice of this: the map on the county pages counts tyre collectors only.
Most registrations
Where the businesses come from
All of them come from the Environment Agency public register, published under the Open Government Licence. It is a register of waste carriers, not of tyre carriers: the same list covers oil, batteries and metal.
These businesses are registered waste carriers with the Environment Agency. Which waste they carry is our own inference from the business name and, where available, the registered company's SIC code — it is not a declaration by the carrier. Always confirm with the carrier before you hand over waste.