Eldan Recycling promotes local recycling, transforming tyres into valuable raw materials and supporting a responsible circular economy model.
The hidden risks of tyre export
A recent joint investigation by Source Material and the BBC has exposed a troubling truth: millions of tyres from the UK are being shipped to India under the banner of “recycling,” yet many end up in unsafe pyrolysis plants. Despite a 2022 import ban, weak enforcement allows tyres to be burned for fuel—releasing toxic emissions, contaminating soil and water, and putting communities at risk.
This is more than a failure of waste management. It highlights a deeper issue: when cost takes precedence over responsibility, recycling becomes an illusion. Labelling tyres as “recycled” while exporting harm undermines trust in the industry and shifts the burden onto those least able to bear it.
Eldan turns tyres into resources
Eldan Recycling believes tyres are not a problem to be exported but a resource to be transformed. With advanced systems for shredding, granulation, and material recovery, waste tyres can become valuable raw materials—rubber granulates for new products, recovered steel for industry, textiles for reuse. Done right, recycling supports circular economies, safeguards health, and builds long-term value.
But no single actor can change the system alone. Governments must close regulatory loopholes, enforce export bans, and align incentives with safe recycling. Industry must invest in innovation, transparency, and traceability so that recycled materials are produced to the highest standards.
The choice before us is clear: continue exporting risk, or build a future where tyres are locally transformed into resources that sustain both economy and environment. Eldan chooses the latter—and they call on others to do the same.
ELDAN is at ECOMONDO 2025: Pavilion A3, stand 504
