REC delivered this comprehensive report for Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) that found that Australia’s tyre circular economy will not grow without mandatory participation in a product stewardship scheme. The Tyre Supply Chain Analysis: Opportunities to grow Australia’s circular economy for tyres report identifies critical constraints across the entire tyre supply chain that are preventing Australia from meeting its circular economy targets.
The report reveals that companies responsible for 47% of replacement tyre imports and 99% of vehicle-fitted tyre imports do not contribute to Australia’s voluntary stewardship scheme levy, creating an uneven playing field where responsible importers are penalised while free-riders benefit from scheme programs at no cost.
With approximately 537,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres generated annually in Australia, only 26% are reused (9%) or recycled (17%), while 40% are exported for energy recovery and the remainder either landfilled, buried on-site at mines, stockpiled or illegally dumped.
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