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Recommendation 55
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Tyre, motor vehicle and fashion manufacturers, among many others, must take greater responsibility for the...
Recommendation
Tyre, motor vehicle and fashion manufacturers, among many others, must take greater responsibility for the contribution their products make to microplastic pollution in waterways. We recommend that Ministers examine how the proposed Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for tyre manufacturers could contribute to the swifter implementation of mitigation measures across the road network. We repeat our call for the Textiles 2030 scheme to incorporate the reduction of microplastic pollution in its targets.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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In line with the Resources and Waste Strategy, the Government is committed to reviewing and consulting on Extended Producer Responsibility schemes for five important waste streams, including tyres, by 2025. The scope of the review on tyres is still to be determined. The Department for Transport commissioned a two and a half year research project in February 2021 aimed at better understanding the measurement techniques, material properties and control parameters of brake and tyre wear emissions from road vehicles. This project will inform policy and legislation aiming at reducing these emissions on a domestic and international level. Work is soon to begin within the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to develop an internationally harmonised method for measuring the abrasion rate of tyres. This could, in future, enable the regulation of tyres to reduce their abrasion rate.
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