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What we do

Driving sustainable outcomes for Australia's used tyres is our priority.

We run the national and voluntary Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme (TPSS) to help reduce the environmental, health and safety impacts of tyres which reach their end of life in Australia.

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Government - Federal, State, Territory & Local

Who we work with

Government – Federal, State, Territory and Local

Government has a role at every stage of the tyre product cycle which intersects with a high number of policy areas at national, state and local levels, such as:

Environment protection
Energy
Industry
Infrastructure
Procurement and project management
Regional development
Resources
Science
Trade
Transport
Waste management

Federal Government

The Australian Government establishes the authorising environment that governs how product stewardship works in Australia, sets targets for waste management and funds programs that work to those targets, through:

Australian Government Product Stewardship Scheme Accreditation
Environment Ministers Priority List
Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989
National Product Stewardship Investment Fund
National Waste Policy 2018
National Waste Policy Action Plan 2024
Recycling and Waste Reduction (Export-Waste Tyres) Rules 2021
Recycling and Waste Reduction (Product Stewardship—Accreditation of Voluntary Arrangements) Rules 2020
Recycling and Waste Reduction (RAWR) Act 2020
Recycling Modernisation Fund (RMF) funding for States
Sustainable Procurement policies and guides

State and Territory Governments

State and Territory governments enact relevant federal legislation, set and enforce state-based legislation and manage waste collection and recycling infrastructure through:

Endorsement of TSA’s National Market Development Strategy
Environment Protection agencies and authorities
Sustainable Procurement policies and guides
Waste collection and recycling policies and infrastructure

Local Governments

Local governments – including councils, cities, shires, towns and municipalities – play a lynchpin role in a circular economy for tyres, through:

co-regulation, with State environment protection agencies and authorities, of environment protection legislation
community engagement and education
community recycling centres
land use planning and management
licensing and enforcement for waste collection facilities and activities
local infrastructure development, such as roads, pavements, sporting grounds
natural resource management
setting and enforcing local waste collection and recycling policies
waste management, both on a local and regional level

Through TSA, local governments can become an accredited participants in Australia’s Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme.

As operators of vehicles and equipment, local governments that manage their tyres responsibly can become accredited participants in the Scheme.

This provides a tangible way of fulfilling their ESG commitments and helps them:

show their rate payers they can trust that used tyres will be managed responsibly and go to productive use
reduce the environmental, social and economic risks of tyres going to waste through landfill, illegal stockpiles and dumping
deter rogue operators
support local manufacturers to produce tyre derived material which can be used to build better roads, sporting fields and many other surfaces and products
help avoid the risk of greenwashing
benefit from market development activities for local business and jobs