The renowned in the tire recycling industry British magazine Tyre & Rubber Recycling, its Chief Editor Ewan Scott, a publisher David Wilson and a correspondent Richard Wilson, run a podcast exposing interesting topics and announcing updates to the tire recycling and pyrolysis industries. In the Tyre Recycling Podcast, Ewan Scott interview key players from the tire recycling and pyrolysis industry from around the world. Make sure to subscribe for Tyre & Rubber Recycling magazine to receive updates about its interviews!

This time, Episode 64 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast features Part 2 of the Tyre Recycling Panel Discussion recorded at the Circular Economy Forum during The Tire Cologne event.

In this episode, Ewan Scott, Stephan Rau and Frank Cremer discuss the potential of brand only recycling; the barriers to rubberised asphalt; and the issue of crumb rubber infill and its replacement; and the challenge of dealing with OTR tyres.

Episode 64 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast. | Video by Tyre & Rubber Recycling magazine.

Interview chapters:

  • 00:16 – Introduction
  • 01:02 – If premium tyre manufacturers go down the road of recycling their own brand tyres, what happens to the remainder of the market?
  • 02:15 – We have working circularity models
  • 04:25 – We need to build the recycling business
  • 04:40 – Rubberised asphalt is often held up as a solution to tyre waste: Why has it not been more widely adopted?
  • 05:00 – Rubberised asphalt is too good.
  • 05:28 – The Bridge Story
  • 06:02 – The Man in a White Suit Syndrome
  • 06:31 – It is a cost issue
  • 08:05 – UN proposal for road labelling
  • 09:30 – Legislation again is the driver
  • 09:58 – Crumb Rubber Infill: is there any chance of the ban being overturned?
  • 14:15 – What alternatives are there for Crumb Rubber? 15:40How do we deal with historic OTR Stockpiles?
  • 16:30 – Logistics are the big issue
  • 17:18 – Whitehaven Coal burying tyres in South Australia
  • 18:15 – Reverse logistics as a solution
  • 18:59 – Summary

To watch other episodes of Tyre Recycling Podcast, make sure to subscribe for Tyre and Rubber Recycling magazine!