The Tyrewise tyre management programme is set to go operational next month, when Provisions of Waste Minimisation (Tyres) Regulations come fully into force on 1 September.

The Tyrewise initiative aims to significantly reduce tyre waste. It is Aotearoa New Zealand’s first national scheme to repurpose tyres.

The tyre stewardship fee pays for registered transporters to collect tyres that become end-of-life from 1 September from registered participants.

If fitters have not made arrangements to have stored tyres from before this date collected, they need to do so with their current collector before Sunday.

Registered retailers / fitters and generators will be able to book a collection in the Tyrewise software for 1 September onwards.

Fitters will be able to set collection jobs to repeat weekly or monthly and the registered transporter will make contact to accept bookings.

Registered public collection sites will begin accepting up to five end-of-life tyres at a time from members of the public.

Fitters are reminded that they cannot legally make any sort of charge for disposal of tyres after 1 September.