Call to end dumping of tyres in countryside

OLD tyres dumped in the countryside are becoming a burning issue for human and animal health protection, says an MEP.

There is a growing tendency to set the tyres alight to dispose of them, resulting in toxic fumes from the burning rubber.

Mairéad McGuinness, Ireland East member of the European Parliament and a Fine Gael general election candidate in Louth, claimed these fumes are many times more dangerous than those from burning plastic.