First firms meeting tyre recycling standards named

20 firms including Credential Environmental and Sapphire Energy Recovery Ltd have voluntarily registered their sites with PAS 107 – which lays out guidance on the measures and procedures needed to produce tyre shred and crumb.

Meanwhile, seven firms including Orkney recycling services on the Orkney isles and Black-Ram Recycling in Somerset have registered their sites as being compliant with PAS 108, which sets specifications for the density, porosity and dimensions of tyre bales.

Both standards were launched by WRAP and the British Standards Institure in May and draw on various specifications across the UK (see letsrecycle.com story).

Steve Waite, project manager for tyres at WRAP, explained that the PAS registrations showed potential clients that the materials they are procuring have been produced responsibly.

He said: “These tyre reprocessors who have already signed up are demonstrating to their current and future customers that their materials meet the standards set out in the publicly available specification documents published by WRAP earlier this year. Importantly, businesses can still register that they're operating in a compliant way and I would urge these people to visit the WRAP website and complete the online registration form.”

Protocol

PAS 107 will also be used to inform the new Tyres Quality Protocol, being currently created by WRAP and the Environment Agency.

This protocol will define the point at which tyre-derived rubber material will no longer be defined as a waste and should instead be classed as a produce in its own right (see letsrecycle.com story).