This year’s TRA Briefing Day event will take place on Tuesday 16th September 2025
The annual TRA Briefing day will once again take place in September, this time at the Ardencote Hotel conveniently located in Warwickshire’s Shakespeare country, which has the capacity to accommodate ever increasing attendance numbers at the UK tyre recycling’s premier event.
Speakers in the outline programme are as follows:
• KEYNOTE ADDRESS Georgia Elliott-Smith, CEO, Fighting Dirty – the organisation that has made a legal challenge to DeFRA on the export of ELT
• MARKET AND DATA INSIGHTS Astutus Research – with the latest insight into tyre arisings and outcomes
• TACKLING ILLEGAL WASTE SHIPMENTS The EA National Environmental Crime Unit will hopefully be updating the industry on the status of the removal of the T8
• PROPECTS FOR PYROLYSIS – THE UPDATE Weibold Consulting – with the latest on the growing pyrolysis sector
• OPPORTUNITIES FOR RUBBERISED ASPHALT The European View – Presented by Costis Keridis from ETRA’
• A NEW FUTURE FOR RETREADING Vaculug Tyres – Retreading has to be a part of the circular economy and in CV tyres is key to lower whole life costs
• SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL – A MAJOR ELT OPPORTUNITY Wastefront Limited – The up and coming Sunderland plant should make a big impact on the UK waste tyre sector.
• POINTS OF VIEW
• RESOLVING THE EXPORT PROBLEM George Eustice, Penbroath Consultants
The event is open to TRA members, the media and those involved in tyre recovery and recycling.
This year’s event should hopefully be bringing news about changes to legislation that had previously been proposed – such as the ending of the T8 (2017), and the changes to the Carriers, Brokers and Dealers regulations (2024), not to mention news perhaps of the delayed implementation of the digital waste tracking system.
