Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has passed a resolution under which car tire producers and importers have to pay a fee for car tire recycling, according to Ecology and Natural Resources Minister Mykola Zlochevsky.
"All producers and importers of car tires will be charged a fee which will be equal to tire recycling costs, which will let clear up huge territories and stop the practice of tire burning," he said in Kyiv on Wednesday.
According to Zlochevsky, several investors who are ready to build large-capacity tire recycling plants have applied to the ministry. One of the most popular technologies at such plants is to reprocess tires into small granules, which will be used in road building.
The minister said that the fee wouldn’t be burdensome for tire producers and importers.
The ministry’s press service says that the resolution foresees a gradual increase in the amount of recycling of old tires. In particular, 10% of imported tires are to be reprocessed in 2011, 15% in 2012, 20% in 2013, 25% in 2014, 30% in 2015, and 35% from 2016 on.
"The resolution is aimed at introducing a mechanism for handling old tires on the basis of the responsibility of their producers and importers, … [which] will make the tire collection and recycling system more efficient, as well as boost the use of the waste as secondary materials," the ministry said.
