Background
A major part of the around 2 700 000 used tyres generated in Europe in 2002 was disposed of in landfills â just 47% were re-used, retreated or recycled (OECD). Of the remainder, about a half was landfilled while the rest was burned for energy recovery. However, the EU Landfill Directive banned the landfilling of whole tyres in 2003, and two y ...