Accreditations

Vellco is an active & supportive Full Member of the Tyre Recovery Association & TIF Responsible Recycler Scheme. We possess full ISO 14001 Environmental Accreditation (Only UK Company in the Casing Sector to hold this Certification).

NTDA Environmental Award Winners 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 (nominated 2013). (Only Company in our Sector to have won this award 4 times.!)

Vellco holds all relevant licences required by legal & environmental UK bodies in this trading sector,including:

– Environmental Permit (EPR)
– Waste Carriers Licence (C/B)
– Operators Competence Certificate

Vellco supports the UK Environment Agency Waste Hierachy for “recycling tyres” as follows:

  • Reduce – lower the amount of actual waste produced. (Using original tyre to legal minimum – regrooving truck tyres)
  • Reuse – re-using materials repeatedly (ie, retreading for car & truck tyres)
  • Recycle – using materials from tyres to make new products (production of rubber crumb, steel recycling, fibre recycling)
  • Recovery – recovering energy from waste (use of tyres as a fuel in cement kilns)