WT Guideline for Policy

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WE THE PEOPLE An NGO

A Guideline for Creating a National Policy on Waste Tyre Management - 1 -

Guideline for Creating a National Policy

on

Waste Tyre Management in India

It is identified that lack of consistently available data or information about

waste tyre generation and management creates a gap in the understanding of

current management scenarios, which is a critical component in order to

formulate pragmatic solutions for product applications and environmental

management. There is a lot of certainty how an issue in one sector of the

industry can influence a sustainable change in another sector.

A research with aim and objectives of the study are the first steps to establish

the criteria of policy finalisation. The following can be taken into

consideration:-

To start with, evaluate the number of motor vehicle waste tyres generated

annually in India.

Second step, to study the current collection, distribution and disposal

methods identifying the various issues /problems pertaining to waste tyre

management across the country,

Third, to determine the impact on the environment and

Fourth & final to evaluate the establishing of required policies and

regulations in relation to waste tyre management.


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The methodology for the study needs to be consisting of research, field

observations, questionnaire surveys, market assessments and discussions with

relevant authorities and associations in the public and private sectors. All data

to be analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively for deriving a real picture.

The current assessment and the urgent need for the study and the regulatory

policies:-

1. There is a steady increase in the motor vehicle waste tyre generatedannually in the country.

2. The number of motor vehicle waste tyres generated annually in thecountry can not be estimated, but the data on the production of thetyres in the country is available from Automotive Tyre Manufacturers

Association (ATMA), which establishes the fact that 82 million tyres of

various categories were manufactured in 2008-09, experiencing around

170% increase in the production from the year 1995-96. Taking the

export into consideration, it will be nullified rather be more with the

increase in imports for all types of tyres, specially heavy vehicle or

OTRs.

Source: ATMA http://atmaindia.org/trends.htm (in 000 no.s)

CATEGORY 1995 - 96 2008 - 09

Truck & Bus 7696 12839

Passenger Car 3324 16571

Jeep 881 1469

Light Comml. Veh. (L.C.V.) 1177 5298

Tractor Front 976 1842

Tractor Rear 663 1315

Tractor Trailer 686 758

A.D.V. 673 281

Scooter 9853 10882

Motor Cycle 3788 30148

Moped 833 0

Industrial 95 568

O.T.R. 36 136

Aero 7 0

TOTAL 3,06,88,000 8,21,07,000


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3. Estimated that about 60% of the waste tyres / retreaded waste tyresare disposed via unknown routes in the urban as well as rural areas.

4.

Waste tyres in India are categorized as solid waste or hazardous wastebut it is generally considered as business or trade waste; maybe the

reason that currently, there is no specific law or regulation, which

govern waste tyre management.

5. The private scrap collectors pay a cost to collect waste tyres, it is notknown to anyone on record how these tyres are disposed off in an

environmental friendly and legal way. There is no verifiable data on this

issue.

6. Tyre dealers enjoy considerable revenue as the scrap collectors pick upthe waste tyre on the basis of their state of use, when the waste tyres

accumulate in the dealer premises.

7. Waste tyre management is a lucrative business in our Country, butwithout any regulatory guideline or control. In light of the above

situation, industry users such as tyre shredders, recyclers and other

physical users make use of these waste tyres. Currently there is no

institutional approach for managing waste tyre as a resource in India.

Existing companies work through these scrap collectors for providingcontinuous supply of waste tyres and operate purely on business ethics,

with profit being the bottom line.

8. These private scrap collectors distribute and dispose the waste tyresgenerating further revenue & return by selling to the retreading industry

or to the reprocessing industry or to the kiln owners, which are

generating revenues to the tune of Rs.400 /kg to 10 /kg. As they also

do not have any guidance or assistance from their principals or

authorities for proper management and disposal of waste tyres, the

completely destroyed tyre or the waste rubber tend to go for local brick

kilns for burning.

9. Without a policy and management structure in place, it is costly anddifficult for the recycling companies to get a steady supply of waste

tyres.

10. This is a complex issue and highlights the need to examine the tyredumping practices in India.


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11. The demand for products made of recycled waste tyre materials is veryhigh and there is no regulatory support in India as in some developing /

developed countries.

12. Although there are some beneficial applications of waste tyres, theuncontrollable and uncharted factors devoid a steady market demand

for the end products and a continuous supply of waste tyres in an

environmentally safe method.

13. High waste tyre volume consuming options such as rubberized asphaltroad surfacing, from tyre production to other products like conveyor

belts, shoe soles, etc seems to be the favoured options known in the

Country.

14. The Ministry of Environment & Forest has also allowed using waste tyresas alternate fuel only in the cement, steel, power industry in the

Country. These are the industries which actually should be receiving the

waste tyres for disposal, but currently the waste tyre is being burnt by

local brick kilns across the Country.

15. The adverse environmental impacts due to improper management ofwaste tyres, can only recorded and deducted from field observations

and ad-hoc data from interviews with tyre dealers, brick kilnoperators, process industry and scrap dealers, consumers and the

industry.

16. The hazards of waste tyres are - mosquito breeding, air pollutionassociated with open burning of tyres (particulates, odour, visual

impacts, and other harmful contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic

hydrocarbon, dioxin, furans and oxides of nitrogen), aesthetic pollution

caused by waste tyre stockpiles and illegal waste tyre collecting (habitat

for vermin such as rats and snakes), and other impacts such as

alterations in hydrological regimes when gullies and watercourses

become waste sites.

17. These environmentally related problems occur because of the lack of aformal, well-coordinated management system for waste tyres.

18. There is a serious lack of producer responsibility for waste tyremanagement in India. Tyre producers or manufacturers are not

concerned about the final disposal of their product at the end of its life.

They leave it solely to their dealers to tackle this issue. The lack ofproducer responsibility in managing the waste makes the management


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of waste tyres a more difficult task. Generally there is a lack of

awareness and concern among the industry and the public on the

environmental and health impacts due to improper management of

waste tyres.

19. The above brings us to a conclusion that the important factors forestablishing an effective waste tyre management system includes:-

a. The formulation of a national policy for waste tyre management,b. The identifications for the use of waste tyre recovered materials

and to mandate the use of these materials in specified activities,

c. Qualified concessionaires for management under the CityAdministrations / Municipalities in the country,

d. Dumps to exploit value from waste tyres,e. Producer responsibility,f. A centralized administration and enforcement structure andg. Public awareness programme.

Prepared by:-

We The People

An NGO in the service of the common man.

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