It sounds like the headline from a tabloid newspaper, but it is not, though it probably should be if the press were remotely interested in the realities of recycling in the UK
India has long been known to have a huge capacity for the UK’s end-of-life tyres. Tyre and Rubber Recycling has been told that the shippers are paying around £1500 per containerload in early February. So, collectors might bring in 100 tyres at 80p a tyre, so £80 per ton collected, then 26 bales of around 800kg in a container (roughly 21 tons) – and the shipper pays around £1500. Add the £1500 to the collecti...
