In 2009 Hyder Consulting prepared a report for the Environment Protection and Heritage Council which collected baseline data for 2007-08 on end of life tyre destinations - Study into End of Life Tyres, 23 March 2009, Hyder. In 2010 Hyder Consulting was commissioned to update this study to inform the deliberations of the Tyres Implementation Working Group in developing a voluntary industry-led product stewardship scheme for end-of-life tyres.
In this study the destinations for end-of -life tyres have been categorised as follows: