Can I Take Tyres to the Tip in Halifax?
Yes, four per visit, but try the garage first. Calderdale’s own advice is to take them back to the garage that fitted them, because that garage is responsible for disposing of them. Failing that, up to four per visit at Halifax and Todmorden, and not Brighouse. Kruze collects them across Halifax and West Yorkshire from £24.99, with no cap, under Waste Carrier Licence CBDU597687. Call or WhatsApp 07436 120271.
The short version across all seven councils
Tyres are the one item where the seven councils we cover give seven genuinely different answers, and one of them is simply no. Two cap you at four. One caps you at four and restricts it to two sites. Two publish no limit at all. One charges per tyre and takes commercial tyres too. Barnsley refuses them outright.
Why tyres are treated differently from everything else
North Yorkshire explains the whole topic in one sentence on its own charges page: “We charge for the disposal of tyres as they are not classed as household waste.”
That is the reason every council treats tyres separately. They are not rubbish in the ordinary sense, they are a controlled material with a dedicated recycling route, and somebody has to pay for that route.
Calderdale adds the second half: “Tyres should be returned to the garage where they were fitted. They are responsible for the safe disposal of the tyres.” In the normal course of events the disposal is handled and paid for at the point the new tyres go on. The tip is the fallback for the tyres nobody fitted for you.
What Calderdale Council allows
Calderdale’s advice opens by pointing you somewhere else entirely: “Take them back to the garage.”
The page is explicit about why. Tyres should be returned to the garage where they were fitted, and that garage is responsible for their safe disposal. It is the clearest statement of the position any of the seven councils makes.
If that is not an option, Calderdale takes up to four tyres per visit at Halifax and Todmorden. Note which site is missing: Brighouse is not on the list, even though it takes rubble and plasterboard. Tyres also cannot go in the weekly kerbside recycling or the fortnightly refuse collection.
| First option | Back to the garage that fitted them. They are responsible |
| Maximum | 4 per visit |
| Sites | Halifax and Todmorden only. Not Brighouse |
| Kerbside | Not in the weekly recycling or the fortnightly refuse collection |
| Page last updated | 25 June 2026 |
Source: Calderdale Council.
The garage really should have taken them
This is the part most people do not know, and Calderdale says it outright. When a garage fits new tyres, disposing of the old ones is their responsibility, and it is normally built into what you paid. There is usually a small disposal line on the invoice.
So if you are standing in a garage forecourt being handed four old tyres to take away yourself, you are being handed back a job you have already paid for. Ask them to keep them.
Where this genuinely does not help is the tyres that were already in the garage when you bought the house, the ones off a car you scrapped, or a trailer set that has been in the shed for a decade. Nobody fitted those for you, so nobody else owns the problem.
The duty of care point, which matters more on tyres than on anything else
Tyres are the most fly-tipped bulky item in the country, and the reason is visible in the rules above: several councils cap them at four, one refuses them completely, and the legal disposal route always costs somebody something.
What people forget is that the liability follows the waste back to you. Under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 you have a duty of care to check that whoever takes your waste is authorised to do so. If you hand tyres to an unlicensed man with a van and they turn up in a lane, the council can trace them to you and you can be fined or prosecuted, even though somebody else did the dumping.
Two checks, both quick. Ask for the waste carrier licence number and look it up on the Environment Agency public register. Ours is CBDU597687. Then get a waste transfer note. If a collector cannot give you both, that is your answer.
The worked comparison
A set of four off a car, plus the spare, in Halifax.
| Route | What happens |
|---|---|
| The garage that fitted them | Should have taken them, and usually already charged you for it. Always ask first |
| Calderdale Council tip | Four at Halifax or Todmorden. The fifth needs a second visit |
| Kruze | One collection, from wherever they are stacked, no cap and no trip |
What it costs with Kruze
Tyre collection starts at £24.99, which covers a small number on a minimum load. Larger quantities are priced by the volume they fill, so tell us how many and what type when you ask.
We collect car, van and 4×4 tyres from households and from garages across West Yorkshire, and we recycle them compliantly. We are a licensed waste carrier, registration CBDU597687, and every job produces a waste transfer note, which is what covers your duty of care.
What we do that the council route does not: no cap, no site restriction, no counting to four, and no second Saturday. If you have a stack of eleven behind the garage, that is one collection rather than three trips across two councils.
Frequently asked questions
Should my garage take my old tyres?
Yes, normally. Calderdale states that tyres should be returned to the garage that fitted them and that the garage is responsible for safe disposal. It is usually already covered by what you paid.
Which Calderdale sites take tyres?
Halifax and Todmorden. Brighouse is not on the council’s list for tyres, even though it takes rubble and plasterboard.
How many can I take?
Up to four per visit.
Can tyres go in the kerbside collections?
No. Calderdale is explicit that tyres cannot go in the weekly recycling collection or the fortnightly refuse collection.
Book a tyre collection in Halifax
Send a photo on WhatsApp with the stack in shot and tell us roughly how many. You get a fixed price back, usually within minutes.
Call or WhatsApp 07436 120271.
Written by Sandeep KV, Founder of Kruze. Kruze is a licensed waste carrier based in Leeds, Waste Carrier Licence CBDU597687, serving Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Harrogate and Barnsley. Call or WhatsApp 07436 120271.
Tyre rules in the other areas we cover
This is the topic with the widest spread of any we have written up. Two councils cap you at four, one caps you at four and restricts it to two sites, two publish no limit at all, one charges per tyre and takes commercial tyres, and one refuses them outright.
More on tipping in Halifax
- Soil and rubble at the Halifax tip
- Plasterboard at the Halifax tip
- Mattresses at the Halifax tip
- Van and trailer permits for the Halifax tip
- Asbestos at the Halifax tip
- Fridges and freezers at the Halifax tip
- Bulky waste collection in Halifax
Four tyres a visit is one of several tight Calderdale caps. Rubble is two sacks a week and hard plastic garden furniture is refused altogether. Here is the full Halifax refusal list.