# The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, Paragraph 8: Mechanical treatment of end-of-life tyres (T8)


(1) The treatment of end-of-life tyres, including such tyres in a shredded or granulated form that are relevant waste by a relevant treatment operation and associated prior treatment.
(2) The table specifying relevant waste and relevant treatment operations for the purposes of this paragraph is set out below.
Codes
Waste types
Relevant treatment operation
160103
End-of-life tyres
Granulating, baling, peeling, shaving, shredding and re-treading of tyres
191204
Shredded or granulated end-of-life tyres only
Granulating
(3) For the purposes of this paragraph, the specific conditions are that—
(a) the total quantity of waste stored or treated over any 7-day period does not exceed—
(i) 60 tonnes of truck tyres, or
(ii) 40 tonnes of any other tyres,
(b) within the limits in paragraph (a), the total quantity stored together does not exceed 10 tonnes,
(c) in relation to any relevant treatment operation that is granulating, the treatment is carried on indoors, and
(d) in relation to any relevant treatment operation that is re-treading, the treatment is for the purposes of re-using the waste.
(4) In this paragraph, “associated prior treatment” means cleaning tyres and separating rims from them prior to treatment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111150184/schedule/3/part/1/chapter/3/crossheading/descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-environmental-permitting-england-and-wales-regulations-2016/schedule-3/part-1/chapter-3/crossheading-descriptions-and-specific-conditions/paragraph-8
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