Research and analysis

The Environment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export

Findings of the internal review into the Environment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export, focussing on the export of this waste to India.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 1 August 2025

Applies to England

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Enviornment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export: report

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Appendix 4.8: Visualisation of exports of 4004 (June 2022 to April 2025)

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Appendix 4.10: Recording, disseminating and using intelligence

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Appendix 4.14: Gazette of India (22 July 2022)

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Appendix 4.15: Questionnaire on waste pneumatic tyres (India's response)

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Appendix 4.18: Incidents and their classification common incident classification scheme (CICS)

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Details

This report sets out the findings of the internal review into the Environment Agency’s regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export, with a focus on the export of this waste to India.

The Environment Agency focussed this review on waste tyre exports to India as 89% of the UK’s waste rubber is exported to India for recovery into secondary products. We have also received numerous stakeholder enquiries related to the environmentally sound management of waste pneumatic tyres in India.

Some information is redacted for legal reasons.

Published 1 August 2025