We do not collect any vehicle tyres as part of any of our services, all tyre replacement companies have the facility to send old tyres away for reprocessing.
Tyres can be recycled at the HWRC (Household Waste Recycling Centre) on Walney road sometimes referred to as "the tip" and run by the County Council.
Out of the 50 million used tyres that are currently collected each year, 34 per cent are used in new products, 25 per cent are used as energy sources (typically in cement and lime kilns), 6 per cent are used in retreading, 10 per cent are used in landfill engineering and the remaining 25 per cent are reused.
See what tyres can be made into.