Australian recyclers may not be using the recycling fee effectively. Tyres are being stockpiled or landfilled rather than being recycled.
Australian Recycling Challenges
Reports in the Brisbane Times and the Sydney Herald carry stories of problematic tyre recycling operations. In the first report William Amiot, co-founder of Brisbane tyre recycling company TyreStock, estimated Australia recycled just 3 million of the 22 million tyres replaced every year.
The tyre recycling fee for a car tyre is $5AUS, but the collectors are taking the fee, and, according to Amiot, are pocketing $3AUS from e...
Australian Recycling Challenges
Reports in the Brisbane Times and the Sydney Herald carry stories of problematic tyre recycling operations. In the first report William Amiot, co-founder of Brisbane tyre recycling company TyreStock, estimated Australia recycled just 3 million of the 22 million tyres replaced every year.
The tyre recycling fee for a car tyre is $5AUS, but the collectors are taking the fee, and, according to Amiot, are pocketing $3AUS from e...
