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Ecopneus – an Italian end-of-life tire management authority – reports that companies specializing in the recycling, collection and transport of end-of-life tires will be able to register in the Suppliers' Register available on the Ecopneus website and access the selection procedures for subsequent online tenders.

Ecopneus – an Italian end-of-life tire management authority – reports that the series of meetings will be held from May to October 2021 involvin Ecopneus itself, UISP with the collaboration of Fieracavalli together with important Italian universities to talk about the realities of excellence in the world of sustainable equitation thanks also to recycled rubber. Scientific research, sport, animal welfare and circular economy was presented online at Cavalli On Live, the online format dedicated to the well-being of horses and riders that will start on May 24, 2021 organized by Ecopneus and UISP - “Unione Italiana Sport Per tutti” in collaboration with Fieracavalli to illustrate the potential of recycled rubber in end-of-life tires for horse riding.

Episode 20 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast features Giovanni Corbetta, CEO of Italian end-of-life tire management organization Ecopneus. In the new episode, Ewan Scott and Giovanni Corbetta discuss the state of rubberised asphalt from end-of-life tyres in Italy. In this podcast with Ecopneus CEO Giovanni Corbetta, one can learn how Italy has certified the use of rubberised asphalt and how it is expecting a considerable increase in use, taking tyre recycling closer to that elusive circular economy.

Ecopneus – Italy’s end-of-life tire management authority responsible for tire collection and recycling – reports that the use of crumb rubber modified asphalt is growing in the country. In 2020, Italy used 63% more end-of-life tires to pave its roads. Speaking about benefits of rubberized asphalt, Ecopneus says it resists potholes, lasts 3 times longer than traditional asphalt, reduces noise and maintenance costs and helps utilize valuable commodity – tire-derived crumb rubber – that otherwise would often end up in landfills.

Despite hard efforts of the tire recycling and pyrolysis industry to develop new markets and increase recycling rates, recycled rubber based product markets demonstrate only moderate growth. To tackle the problem and allow thousands of tons of precious materials go back to consumer goods, numerous end-of-life tire management organizations, companies and research labs do their best to find new markets and develop innovative products out of scrap tire rubber.

The innovative road pavement made will be used by Italian Army. Ecopneus reports that the pavement using the recycled rubber from end-of-life tires (ELT) will allow greater safety and durability than traditional materials and will reduce the road traffic noise by up to 5 db. The Logistics Commander of the Army, General of the Army Corps Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, and the General Director of Ecopneus, Giovanni Corbetta, signed a framework agreement for the construction of urbanization works with high performance crumb rubber reducing environmental impact.

Ecopneus – Italian end-of-life tire management and recycling authority – says that thanks to the end-of-life tire recycling, over the years a real city of recycled rubber has been created at the Festambiente Festival: sports fields, cycle paths, play areas, urban furniture, relaxation areas were developed from the recycled material. In 2020 this list is supposed to be expanded with thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), Ecopneus says. Recycled rubber is confirmed as the protagonist of entertainment at Festambiente (Rispescia, Grosseto, 19 - 23 August), the festival which has reached its 32nd edition this year.

Ecopneus – an Italian end-of-life tire management authority – reports that over 220 thousand tons of end of life tires were collected by Ecopneus in 2019 which is 5% bigger compared to the authority’s official target. Ecopneus says their work helped avoid 371 thousand tons of emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere and return 337 thousand tons of material into the production loop. In addition, the authority mentions that it helped reduce imports of raw materials for 112 million euros. The end-of-life tire management system is referred to as a sector of excellence for the development of the country's circular economy and for environmental protection.

In its recent press release, Ecopneus – Italian non-profit end-of-life tire management authority – informed about the reduction of the environmental contribution levied on new tires, greater controls on online tire purchases, better service for tire specialists and more stringent collection obligations to avoid any risk of end-of-life tire disposal in the open environment. These are the main novelties of the new Decree for the management of ELTs (DM 182/2019), introduced to improve the end-of-life tire recycling industry in Italy. Ecopneus says that this way the industry will have clearer and more transparent rules for all parties involved, for the benefit of operators and for an increasing recycling of tires.