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Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) reports that it will no longer be accepting applications from new entities seeking accreditation for the baling of whole end-of-life tyres for export. According to the statement, TSA makes this decision in light of the recent announcement made by the Council of Australian Government (COAG) to ban the export of whole baled tyres. TSA highlights that this action is intended to assist current accredited organisations transition from baling whole tyres for export to other processing methodologies.

Logan City Council in Queensland, Australia, reports that is has teamed with Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) to conduct trials of a new eco-friendly road surface. According to Logan City Council, the surface is a combination of recycled end-of-life tyres and reclaimed asphalt. Installation of the new surface on Lagoon Road, Carbrook is scheduled for this April. TSA has committed $150,000 to the trial and additional laboratory testing, which aims to prove that the new surface will be as good as, or better than, standard road sealing. Logan City Council Director of Road Water Infrastructure Daryl Ross pinpoints Council is always looking at innovative ways to deliver better roads.

Tyre Stewardship Australia reports that in 2019 it engaged Randell Environmental Consulting in association with Brock Baker Environmental Consulting to complete an analysis of the consumption and fate of mining industry Off-The-Road tyres. This analysis followed the completion of the report commissioned by Tyre Stewardship Australia titled End-Of-Life Tyres Supply Chain and Fate Analysis (REC 2019) by Randell Environmental Consulting.

Tests of a spray-on product using recycled tyres were conducted this February in Australia’s only blast simulation facility. The National Facility for Physical Blast Simulation at the University of Wollongong was hosting trials of a sprayable version of Protectiflex, a cementitious composite material using recycled tyre rubber and fibres. The product has been previously used as cast-in-place and precast construction.

The global scrap tire problem has urged a number of business and researchers to seek advancement of circular economy. One of the global institutions that showed their concern with the issue is the Australian Road Research Board. It assessed on what level the sustainability is right now, and it looked at uptake of innovative recycled materials, including end-of-life rubber materials, in roads.

Funds provided by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) will help at least six councils in South Australia commence trials using crumb rubber recycled from scrap tires for asphalt projects. The trials are considered the biggest of its kind in the country, according to TSA CEO Lina Goodman. The move to use recycled rubber is seen as an opportunity to advance circular economy in the state. Roads that rely on recycled tires will serve as alternative to conventional asphalt.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) that constantly searches applications for scrap tires now serves as a member of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) – an important informational body with connections to the rubber industry and international governmental authorities. IRSG currently comprises over 100 members from 36 countries. The group is involved in discussion of the matters influencing natural and synthetic rubbers, according to IRSG Secretary-General Salvatore Pinizzotto who welcomed TSA into his association.

Tire recycling initiatives conducted by tire producers in Australia require assistance of the state officials, Pirelli Tyres Australia said noting further that law on tire imports should also be adopted. Pirelli forms part of authoritative Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA), however, the company’s managing director Pierre-Olivier Chevalier stressed that “the Australian government could do a bit more” to help tire recycling.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) wants to find new markets for products made out of scrap tire rubber by collaborating with innovative manufacturers. The body has already set up its Market Development Fund that provides assistance to local entrepreneurs. Since the Fund’s launch that took place four years ago, over 30 projects have received financial support.