CDA
April 14, 2023
The UK could adopt a new tax on tire pollution. Will it come to Spain in the future?
Whether or not you agree with the tax pressure to which we are subjected in our country, what must be recognized is that it is high. And if you are a car owner, even more. Motorists pay, among others, registration tax, circulation tax, taxes related to fuel, tolls or the Technical Vehicle Inspection (ITV).
Well, to this, in the future, a new fee could be added. And is that British motorists may soon have to pay a tax on tires to reduce air pollution.
Tires: responsible for emitting microparticles
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Everything to fight climate change. It is a fact that electric cars pollute much less than gasoline cars when used, but this is due to the absence of emissions from electric motors. Tires, whether of one type of vehicle or another, continue to emit toxic pollutants into the atmosphere. It is estimated that tires generate 36 milligrams of microparticles per kilometer.
Given this, the British Ministry of Transport has hired advisers to “develop recommendations on how to better assess and control the emissions that will persist after the transition to vehicles with zero exhaust gas emissions.” One of the suggestions they would have made is the imposition of a tax on tires.
Government data shows that exhaust emissions from cars in the UK have fallen by 90% since 1996. Once combustion engine vehicles were phased out, tire wear and brakes could be the next avenue that clean air advocates explore to reduce pollution.
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A recent study from Imperial College London estimates that 52 per cent of all small particle pollution from road transport will be caused by tire and brake wear. Worldwide they are released every year 6 million tons of particles from tire wear.
According to scientists, these particles may contain toxic chemicals and heavy metals. They are so small that can enter organs through the bloodstream. These tiny particles measure less than 23 nanometers, about 2,000 times less than the width of a human hair.
