For much of the European tyre sector, and also around the world, Extended Producer Responsibility schemes have become the norm.
The idea that the manufacturer is the producer, and the producer pays is taken as the optimal route to controlling and funding recycling. In the case of most wastes, a huge range of, perhaps mixed sources creates complexities that cannot easily be met by a free market. However, with tyres, there are, in theory, a limited number of producers, and asking those producers to manage the tyre recycling system makes a lot of sense. However, the system functions at diffe...
