Environment Agency: Illegal tyre fires on the rise in Yorkshire | Bradford Telegraph and Argus
Examples of stockpiled illegal tyres from the Environment Agency ILLEGAL stockpiling of waste tyres is on the rise across Yorkshire, the Environment Agency has said, amid fire risk fears. Enforcement officers are undertaking random spot checks across the region in a bid to protect people and the environment. The fall in the value of used tyres combined with a significant increase in cost of export to markets such as India has seen a marked increase in illegal stockpiling of waste tyres, often in an unsafe manner that increases the risk of fire. Businesses seeking to find out how to ma...
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