The Tyrewise Working Group has called for a meeting with Environment Minister Nick Smith and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) on the way forward for a product stewardship scheme for end-of-life tyres (ELTs).
With so much support for national regulation – and the industry doing most of the leg work itself – nobody can understand why Smith has had such a turnabout in his support for the self-funding scheme.
The news that ELTs will not be afforded priority product status under the Waste Minimisation Act was announced at the inaugural Tyre Industry Summit in Auckland in early June.
