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The Circularity Gap Report 2024, released by the Circle Economy Foundation on January 24, 2024, underscores the pressing need for improved political, financial, and labor conditions to foster a worldwide circular economy. It not only identifies critical drivers but also offers concrete recommendations for policy, finance, and labor to expedite the transition toward a circular economy.

This January, the Automotive World magazine published an article by Krzysztof Wróblewski, CEO and CTO of Contec – a successful tyre pyrolysis company from Poland. In the article, Krzysztof writes that “Circularity in automotive and tyre product designs will increase innovation, business opportunities, supply security, and industry cost savings.”

TRA calls on UK government to do the right thing, support British operators and end polluting export of end-of-life tyres. According to the recent press release by the British Tyre Recovery Association (TRA), Britain should face up to the reality of its actions if it is to live up to His Majesty’s Government rhetoric, says the Tyre Recovery Association. "The disruption caused by Houthi attacks on international shipping have lifted the veil many have been choosing to ignore, the UK is not building a circular economy but double dipping with unnecessary carbon leakage," – the press release says.

Recycled Rubber Coalition reports that while electric vehicles (EVs) can help reduce carbon emissions, there is an unexpected environmental issue emerging from the rapid adoption of EVs. While they offer many benefits, EVs are also significantly heavier than equivalent gas-powered vehicles due to the weight of their batteries. Combined with increased acceleration rates, these effects can cause EVs to use tires up to 30% faster.

Zhongce Rubber Recycling Technology Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of ZC Rubber, in collaboration with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and Nanjing Green Gold Giant Rubber & Plastic Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., is proud to announce that the project, "Demonstration Project of Waste Rubber Recycle & Application Technology", has been awarded the First Prize in Technological Advancement by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF). ZC Rubber is the only company in the Chinese tire industry to receive this prestigious honor.

On December 12, OMV the integrated energy, fuels & feedstock, and chemicals & materials company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and Synthos, the biggest synthetic rubber producer in Europe with a global reach, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Under the MoU, the two companies will cooperate on sustainability, focusing in particular on the supply of sustainable raw materials that can be used to manufacture high-performance tires. This step underlines both companies’ commitment to a circular economy by using bio-based and circular feedstocks, underpinning their mass-balance approach to manufacture essential products in everyday life.

According to EuRIC, the future of car recycling holds promise after the European Recycling Conference 2023. The conference highlighted the EU's recently proposed End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation, leading to exciting discussions with high-profile speakers. EuRIC reports that this year’s edition of the European Recycling Conference cast a spotlight on the future of car recycling, considering the European Commission’s recently proposed End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Regulation, a game-changer for the automotive industry.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has developed a new type of recovered carbon black with improved dispersion properties. The new type of carbon black has been developed to meet demand from the tire and rubber industry. The new type of carbon black has been produced for some time at Enviro’s plant in Åsensbruk, Sweden, and has acquired properties enhancing its interaction with other chemicals and ingredients when manufacturing tires and rubber parts, for example.

Belgian company RISORCE (Renewable, Innovative Solutions towards Recycling & Circular Economy) has closed a €12.5M round of financing from GREEN.er (Recytyre), Noshaq, Wallonie Entreprendre and various players in the financial sector in order to build a new end-of-life tire recycling plant in the province of Liège. Using a pyrolysis process, this plant will enable the equivalent of half of Belgium’s car tires to be processed locally.