Do you engage a separate company to transport your tyres?

It is your responsibility, as a tyre retailer, to comply with specific waste tracking requirements or you may be subject to compliance action.

Under the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008, waste tyres are classified as a regulated waste and therefore have waste tracking requirements when transported for recycling or disposal.

Please use the following information to ensure you understand your waste tracking requirements:

1) Ensure the individual or company that you engage holds, or is acting under, an environmental authority (EA) to transport regulated waste:

It is your responsibility to make sure your waste tyres are transported by a licenced transporter.

2) As the waste tyre generator, you must record and submit to the department specific information relating to each instance of tyre transportation:

Waste tyre generators are required to submit the prescribed information (detailed below) to the department using a waste tracking certificate. As a generator, you have two options to ensure you have recorded and submitted the relevant information: complete and submit your own waste transport certificate (electronic/paper form) OR the waste transporter may submit the information on your behalf (agent’s agreement).

For additional information, contact the department on 1300 130 037 or visit the Department of Environment and Science online if you have any further questions about waste tracking certificates and checking a transporter’s environmental authority.

4 Oct 2018