Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency’s 13 August 2026 progress update of waste pneumatic tyres and their export, how many (a) prohibition notices have been served on brokers exporting from the UK and (b) overseas receiving facilities in India have been removed from the Environment Agency's approved list for failing to provide geo-tagged proof of arrival within the required deadline; and for what reason the Environment Agency has amended measures introduced to address UK End of Life Tyre exports going to batch pyrolysis plants in Asia.

(a) The Environment Agency (EA) has served 50 prohibition notices on exporters of waste tyres from England.

(b) The EA has restricted exports to 31 destination facilities where exporters were unable to provide satisfactory return-tracking evidence, including the required geo-tagged proof of arrival. The restrictions prevent exports of waste tyres to those facilities.

Between October 2025 and July 2026, the EA carried out enhanced checks on more than 10,000 waste tyre shipments. These checks did not identify evidence of widespread exports to batch pyrolysis facilities. In light of these findings, the Environment Agency has revised its regulatory approach to provide proportionate assurance across the sector while targeting activity on operators that present the highest risk of non-compliance.