China imposes controls on scrap tyres

ERJ staff report (DS)

Beijing -- New rules on imported solid waste came into force in China from 1 August. The ban on importing scrap tyres has been reinforced, and there are stricter controls on the storing and stockpiling of waste tyres.

China intends to increase its consumption of used tyres to 80 percent from the current level of 65 percent during the current five-year plan. In 2010, says a report on the CRIA website, China produced 256 million scrap tyres weighing some 940 tonnes (sic)

The long report outlines the current position in China and gives details of China's intended strategy to deal with the problem.

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Long report on CRIA website (Chinese language)

Above report auto-translated into English from Chinese