Bales of whole tyres are unsustainable from multiple perspectives including holding water and therefore incubation for mosquitos and the diseases they carry For information relating to ATRA”s position on whole baled tyre exports a report outlining ATRA’s position to Tyre Stewardship Australia (urging TSA to similarly ban the process) is attached and can be read here From December 2021 the Australian Federal government effectively banned the export of whole baled tyres and now requires used tyres to be processed to 150millimetres and below to be licenced for export. Details of this position are here: https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/waste/exports/tyres ATRA wholly supports this policy position, which was the culmination of a decade of lobbying by legitimate recyclers