There have been a variety of new environmental laws and regulations implemented in the United Kingdom after the European set directives for each of its member nations to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfills and to increase recycling rates. Because of this a new industry has been created in the UK and firms have been popping up all over UK to fill the need. Although most of these businesses are legitimate and offer a realistic way for the UK to get out of its current economic recession, there are still many out there who aim to take advantage of the new laws by perpetrating schemes on unknowing businesses. Many of these fake companies offer businesses a cheap way to get rid of their waste only to turn around and dump it illegally, often on developing nations who have no means to handle the waste.
The tyre recovering industry is one that has been plagued with these types of scams, as tyres have long been one of the most difficult items to dispose of properly. Even though the tyre recovery industry posted strong numbers in 2009 there is still widespread illegal dumping of tyres in an effort to skirt the regulations. There have been widespread reports of not just small operations but even large franchises that are taking used tyres from tyre dealers but then failing to fulfill their obligations to dispose of them properly.
The Environment Agency estimates that roughly two million three hundred thousand pounds are spent each year on investigations and cleanup of illegal tyre dumping scams.
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