Exports of waste tyres | National EPA

You need a waste export licence to export regulated waste tyres from Australia.

Read this page before you apply for a waste export licence.

We regulate the export of waste tyres under the following legislation:

Tyres we regulate

Regulated waste tyres are:

tyres designed for motorised vehicles that are:
- discarded, rejected, left over from an industrial, commercial, domestic or other activity
- surplus to or a by-product of an industrial, commercial, domestic or other activity
the rubber component of any such tyres
waste material that includes any such tyres and is intended for use as fuel (tyre derived fuel).

Examples of waste tyres include those from:

You cannot export whole baled tyres.

You don’t need a licence to export waste tyres if they are:

designed for:
- electric single-person transport such as scooters, skateboards and bikes
- wheelchairs
- remote-controlled toys
not made of rubber
exported solely for personal or domestic use
temporarily imported into Australia and then exported again in the same container with the same trade description
ordered to be exported under Part 3 of the Hazardous Waste Act (Regulation of Exports and Imports) 1989 (the Hazardous Waste Act).

You can apply for a waste export licence to export waste tyres:

for retreading
for re-use as a second-hand tyre on a vehicle
that have been processed in accordance with a waste tyre specification and are intended to be used:
- as fuel, or
- for a purpose other than fuel, such as processing into new rubber products.

Find out more about applying for a licence to export waste tyres:

WELD portal: if you have a WELD portal account, contact us via ‘My messages’

Phone: 1800 976 422