Podcast 68 discusses the changing environment for end of life tyres in the UK, and touches on some of the potential outcomes with Darren Lindsey, CEO of the BTMA
Chapters
00:12 Introduction
00:51 Welcome Darren Lindsey
01:04 What are the BTMA thoughts on ELT in the UK?
01:11 BTMA response
01:37 Issues around ELT could be improved
01:52 Missed opportunities
02:31 Do we handle waste well?
02:54 Missing opportunities due to a lack of investment
03:31 We can do better 03:45 Are Exports sustainable?
04:07 Ask why do we export?
04:38 India will eventually stop the imports
04:55 We need other outlets
05:47 recent developments due to the lack of feedstock
06:41 There needs to be a partnership with the tyre industry
06:55 There lack of transparency
07:48 Challenge the current data understanding
08:24 We may not always like the answers
09:02 Will GDSO have an impact on data?
09:34 More accurate data will give a better view
09:54 EPR puts funds into industry
10:37 is it time to consider EPR?
10:57 EPR is a big discussion
11:20 Not if but when.
11:56 TRA, NTDA and BTMA need to cooperate
12:10 EPR Consultancy is on the cards
12:35 We need what is right for the UK
12:57 Currently, the money sits in the wrong hands
13:20 The lack of investment leads to a missed opportunities
14:30 We are not managing the arisings well
14:48 We have to ask what is it that the UK wants?
16:21 Knee Jerk reactions are not the best way ahead
16:57 What are the opportunities for recovered materials in tyres and rubber?
17:12 This is about having the right funding
17:24 Pyrolysis and Devulcanisation
18:44 if you have problems, industry has the solutions
18:27 Where is the investment coming from?
18:29 Manufacturers will align with partners in recycling
19:35 We must try harder in roads
20:26 There need to be multiple levers we can pull
21:09 There are discussions under way
21:42 Change is coming
21:57 Industry will find solutions but needs government incentives
22:41 Greenhouse environment
22:13 Summary and Closing thanks
