❓ Mr. Bowler asks about the usage, disposal, and recycling of truck and earthmoving tyres in WA. The response provides estimates of tyre waste but lacks specific data on legal/illegal disposal and points to a future national recycling scheme.
AnsweredQoN 7973Legislative Assembly
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(1) How many truck and large earthmoving tyres are used annually in Western Australia?
(2) How many – or what percentage – of these are legally disposed of?
(3) How many of these are illegally dumped?
(4) Is there any assistance available for this material to be recycled back into useful materials?
(2) How many – or what percentage – of these are legally disposed of?
(3) How many of these are illegally dumped?
(4) Is there any assistance available for this material to be recycled back into useful materials?
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Answered
19 June 2012
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
35 days
(1)
The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has advised that the 2012
Study into domestic and international fate of end-of-life tyres
, prepared by Hyder Consulting Pty Ltd for the former Environment Protection and Heritage Council, estimates that approximately 12 300 tonnes of end-of-life off-the-road tyres, which includes earthmoving equipment tyres, and 17 800 tonnes of end-of-life truck tyres are generated each year in Western Australia.
(2)
The Hyder study does not provide details of the amount of end-of-life tyres from trucks and off-the-road vehicles that are disposed of legally in Western Australia, nor does it provide individual figures for each Australian State or Territory.
(3)
The Hyder study does not provide details of the amount of end-of-life tyres from trucks and off-the-road vehicles that are disposed of illegally in Western Australia, nor does it provide individual figures for each Australian State or Territory.
A Western Australian study on
Used Tyre Recycling Industry Triple Bottom Line Analysis
, completed in 2005 by consultants Sustainable Strategic Solutions for the then Department of Environment, indicated that approximately 10% of end-of-life tyres, across all tyre types including tyres from motor bikes, cars, trucks and off-the-road vehicles, were dumped illegally. However, significant changes have subsequently occurred in the tyre recycling industry.
(4)
DEC understands that a national industry-based voluntary tyre product stewardship scheme will be established within the next 12 to 18 months.
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The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has advised that the 2012
Study into domestic and international fate of end-of-life tyres
, prepared by Hyder Consulting Pty Ltd for the former Environment Protection and Heritage Council, estimates that approximately 12 300 tonnes of end-of-life off-the-road tyres, which includes earthmoving equipment tyres, and 17 800 tonnes of end-of-life truck tyres are generated each year in Western Australia.
(2)
The Hyder study does not provide details of the amount of end-of-life tyres from trucks and off-the-road vehicles that are disposed of legally in Western Australia, nor does it provide individual figures for each Australian State or Territory.
(3)
The Hyder study does not provide details of the amount of end-of-life tyres from trucks and off-the-road vehicles that are disposed of illegally in Western Australia, nor does it provide individual figures for each Australian State or Territory.
A Western Australian study on
Used Tyre Recycling Industry Triple Bottom Line Analysis
, completed in 2005 by consultants Sustainable Strategic Solutions for the then Department of Environment, indicated that approximately 10% of end-of-life tyres, across all tyre types including tyres from motor bikes, cars, trucks and off-the-road vehicles, were dumped illegally. However, significant changes have subsequently occurred in the tyre recycling industry.
(4)
DEC understands that a national industry-based voluntary tyre product stewardship scheme will be established within the next 12 to 18 months.
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