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Jess Staufenberg @jessstaufenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Thanks very much to @annameisel.bsky.social @bbcradio4.bsky.social File on 4 Investigates for being a brilliant co-reporting partner.

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Jess Staufenberg @jessstaufenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

And then Indian buyers pretend to recycle the tyres, but actually flog them onto illegal pyrolysis plants, so THEY can make a bigger profit. Then they reach the final destination: unsafe tyre pyrolysis plants. We spoke to people who know children who have died inside them.

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Jess Staufenberg @jessstaufenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

UK buyers without a proper permit then flog the tyres onto ships bound for India, so THEY make a bigger profit. (Instead of actually recycling them, which would cost a lot more.) So this undercuts the UK tyre recyling sector, which is on the brink of going bust, according to sources.

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Jess Staufenberg @jessstaufenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The graphic here explains the journey of the tyre (courtesy of my fab co-reporter @atikarehman.bsky.social). Basically, garages are charging you an 'environmental disposal fee' for your tyre, but then flog it on extremely cheap to buyers so they make a bigger profit. (thread)

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Jess Staufenberg @jessstaufenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Ever heard of a 'pyrolysis' plant? It's almost certainly where your car tyres will end up, sent by UK exporters to be 'boiled' into a toxic oil. The same plants are killing people. I've seen footage of kids, who lived on site, covered in burns. Read on: www.source-material.org/waste-tyre-p...

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Burning Rubber – SourceMaterial

Millions of used UK tyres are being shipped to India to make dirty fuel harming people and the environment

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