Repak has established a new tyre-compliance scheme, following a decision by the Minister for the Environment, Alan Kelly, to replace the existing TRACS.
As reported by Michael Moroney, farmers are now facing a mandatory tyre recycling fee of up to €20 per tractor tyre.
Repak, a not-for-profit packaging recycling scheme, established Repak End of Life Tyres (ELT) to operate the new waste tyre compliance scheme.
- ELT scheme facts:
Repak ELT will operate new ELT Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI). - Repak ELT is the only compliance scheme now in operation for ELT.
- Repak ELT will manage the new scheme based on best practice and modelled on established, successful schemes already operating across Europe.
- Enforcement is a key pillar of the scheme.
- An estimated 10 to 15 million tyres are now in illegal dumps around Ireland.
“Repak ELT is working with the tyre industry and welcomes the fact that members of the tyre industry have already registered for the scheme,” said Repak CEO Seamus Clancy. “Enforcement is a key pillar of this ELT scheme and, without it, the scheme simply won’t work. We intend to work closely therefore with the Department of Environment, as well as Revenue, the Environmental Protection Agency and the new three regional lead enforcement authorities.”
- In order to give the tyre industry an essential transition period to prepare for a full PRI scheme, Repak ELT will roll out the new waste compliance scheme in two phases.
Phase one: beginning this week, members of the tyre industry registering for the scheme and registration is free for 2015. - Phase two: rollout of a full PRI scheme in the second half of 2016. The Minister for the Environment has outlined many times that this PRI scheme will formalise the fee already in existence for the industry.
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