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National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008)

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Waste Tyre Regulations, 2017

Part 3 : Duties of Tyre Dealers

6. Duties of tyre dealers

 

(1) A tyre dealer must classify any used tyre in his or her possession or control as either a part worn tyre or a retreadable casing and any used tyre not falling into either of these categories must be classified as a waste tyre.

 

(2) A tyre dealer must mutilate or cause all waste tyres with a load index of 121 or less in his or her possession or control, or must cause such waste tyres to be mutilated, which includes, but is not limited to—
(a) the cutting of the bead of a waste tyre in two places;
(b) punching a hole with a minimum diameter of 50mm in the sidewall; or
(c) making a cut of at least 100mm in the sidewall.

 

(3) A tyre dealer must manage all waste tyres in his or her possession or control, or cause such waste tyres to be managed in accordance with a waste tyre management plan, or by direction of the Bureau contemplated in regulation 12(1)(b).