A pollution authority in India has urged 19 states to close some 270 tire pyrolysis facilities. The regulator claims that the units are operating relying on unsafe technology that could potentially harm workers’ health.

The Central Pollution Control Board ( issued a corresponding letter with the facilities ban on December 4. At the same time, the authoritative body highlighted that the import of scrap tires must face strict regulations. India imports and receives waste tires from Australia, the UK, and other countries.

Even though the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) recommended pyrolysis as a b demand, 270 units were found to be non-compliant, and 116 units were shut down.

Two hundred seventy tire pyrolysis units will be closed in India at the request of a better way to dispose of scrap tires. According to the National Green Tribunal, over 40 percent of tire pyrolysis facilities failed to comply with regulations several years ago. As of 2019, 251 pyrolysis plants in India managed to meet the law of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which claimed that 19 states failed to comply with environmental regulations; the corresponding order has been issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

The local media noted that the list of states practicing unsafe pyrolysis includes Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

According to the CPCB, the units in the mentioned states polluted the environment and negatively impacted the health of the facilities’ workers. The NGT plea claimed that during pyrolysis, extremely carcinogenic pollutants were released—polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), dioxin, and furans, just to mention some.

CPCB was also directed to conduct monitoring efforts to ensure that all imports of unsafe waste take place in accordance with the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules 2016.

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