Sustainable reuse of tyres in coastal engineering A project examining the options for reusing rubber vehicle tyres in port, coastal and river engineering. From: Topics: If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. Details A European Commission Directive banned the disposal of whole tyres and tyre crumb to landfill sites by 2003 and 2006 respectively. This meant that alternative uses had to be found for the 26% of tyres disposed of in this way at that time.