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In Episode 74 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast, John Loudermilk, CEO of Birla Carbon, shares insights into the future of recovered carbon black (rCB). He outlines Birla Carbon’s approach to scaling sustainable carbon-based materials, discusses current limitations facing rCB, and explores how continued research may expand its potential uses. The episode also covers the launch of Continua 8030 and updates on the company’s new Patalganga facility.

In Episode 73, Ewan Scott explores REGOM’s tyre identification technology and its relevance in both European and U.S. markets. Arthur Wagner of REGOM shares insights into their data reading systems, which are already active on 12 lines across Europe, and their role in improving tyre logistics and traceability. Although the system still requires visual inspection, it supports enhanced waste accountability for manufacturers and contributes to labour efficiency—offering value beyond Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes. Wagner also reflects on the industry’s transition toward RFID solutions and REGOM’s position within that evolution.

Episode 72 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features Adele Rose from Tyrewise, who shares insights into the scheme’s early progress and strategic plans to grow New Zealand’s domestic market for tyre recycling. With processing capacity exceeding demand, Adele discusses efforts to boost local use of recycled rubber and protect the industry from low-value tyre exports.

In Episode 71, Ewan Scott discusses the Australian tire recycling landscape with Lina Goodman, CEO of Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA). The conversation covers the key challenges and opportunities in the industry, focusing on the potential introduction of a mandatory tire stewardship scheme to enhance regulation and sustainability.

Episode 70 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features Peter Taylor, delving into the challenges and opportunities within the UK tyre recycling industry. The discussion highlights issues such as the need for regulatory enforcement, the delays in addressing T8 legislation, and the potential impacts of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) without proper underpinning. Taylor also emphasizes the importance of addressing carbon footprints from reimported products and ensuring feedstock security for future recycling initiatives.

Episode 69 features Stefan Hey, Chief Executive of the NTDA. The episode explores key issues in waste tyre management and highlights critical topics such as the need for improved enforcement to combat criminality and abuse of exemptions, as well as the importance of raising professional standards in the sector.

Episode 68 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast discusses the changing environment for end of life tyres in the UK, and touches on some of the potential outcomes with Darren Lindsey, CEO of the BTMA

In Episode 67 the Tyre Recycling Podcast spoke with one of the founders, Enrico Koggel of the Circular Rubber Platform, the online knowledge and networking platform on rubber circularity. The Circular Rubber Platform is making a circular rubber economy easy and accessible, by knowledge sharing, networking and fostering collaboration within the whole rubber industry. It presents solutions for rubber circularity (renewable and recovered raw materials and technologies) online and during meet-ups, and actively connects engineers, companies and universities.

In Episode 66, Chief Editor of Tyre and Rubber Recycling Ewan Scott speaks with CEO Trevor Bayley of Australian tyre pyrolysis operator Green Distillation Technologies (GDT) to find out the project's current status as the business gets ready to expand.