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This is how the scam works; A “tyre recycling” company rents a warehouse in an industrial area. They then go around to Tyrefitters and car dealerships and ask to remove their old tyres; for a fee. They then fill the warehouse with tyres, fail to pay the rent and close their company. The landlord gets left with a warehouse full of waste that they the need to get rid of and the scammers start a new company.
This Tyre Stewardship mob need to proactively have a way for Landlords to contact them so that they can dispose of the tyres for them in exchange for information about the individual’s involved in these companies. They need the legal backing to prosecute the individuals, even though the companies have been dissolved.
Finally, the environmental restrictions need to be set so that legal recycling can be performed locally. Biochar is one option, but preprocessing to remove the metal and post processing to remove the sulphur reduces profitability.