Same answer in every state and territory
How to dispose of old tyres in Australia
Anywhere in Australia, the easiest way to get rid of old tyres is to leave them with the retailer when you buy new ones, and ask what it charges. Choose a Tyre Stewardship Australia accredited retailer, which sends them to a legitimate recycler. Spares go to an accredited recycler or a council facility that takes them, usually for a fee.
Sources Tyre Stewardship Australia: who we areTyre Stewardship Australia: find an accredited retailer or recyclerTyre Stewardship Australia: putting old tyres to good useEPA Victoria: managing waste tyresSA Waste to Resources Policy 2010 (current): prohibited landfill wasteWA Waste Authority: used and waste tyres
What do I do with tyres?
- Leave the old ones with the retailer When you buy new tyres, ask the fitting retailer to take the old ones and what it charges for disposal. Choose a Tyre Stewardship Australia accredited retailer, which sends them to a legitimate recycler. The finder at tyrestewardship.org.au lists them.
- Tyres already in the shed Ask your council whether its transfer station accepts tyres and what it charges; some do not take them. Or use the finder at tyrestewardship.org.au for a TSA accredited recycler or collector. Either way, ask first about tyres still on rims.
- Never dump them Dumping tyres is illegal, and the penalties are heavy. TSA's finder also takes reports of illegally dumped tyres.
Tyre Stewardship Australia runs the national, voluntary tyre scheme, funded by a levy that participating tyre and car brands pay on each tyre they import. Landfill rules differ by state; the route for a household does not.
Will the tyre shop take my old tyres?
Ask when you book. Tyre Stewardship Australia notes that people pay their retailer a disposal fee when they change tyres; what a shop takes beyond that, such as extra tyres or tyres on rims, is up to the shop. TSA's advice is to choose an accredited retailer, so you know the tyres go to a legitimate recycler.
Where do I take tyres I already have?
Ask your council whether its transfer station accepts tyres and what it charges; some do not. Or use the finder at tyrestewardship.org.au, which lists TSA accredited recyclers and collectors. Expect a fee, and ask first whether they take tyres still on their rims.
Can tyres go to landfill?
In several states, not whole. As at September 2026, South Australia bans ordinary whole tyres from landfill, with narrow exceptions such as earthmover tyres; Victoria's EPA accepts waste tyres at landfill only in pieces no larger than 250 mm; and Western Australia excludes tyres from landfill across Perth and a ring of nearby shires. Tyres never belong in a kerbside bin.
What happens to recycled tyres?
They are processed into crumb, granules, shred, steel and fuel substitutes, which go into roads, playgrounds and sports surfaces, building materials and new tyre products.
What is Tyre Stewardship Australia?
A not-for-profit company set up by industry in 2014 to run the national, voluntary Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme. Participating tyre and car brands fund it through a voluntary levy on each tyre they import into Australia.
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