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Bridgestone – a global leader in tires and sustainable mobility solutions – is planning to help reduce the carbon footprint of its commercial vehicle line of tires by producing radio-tagged tires in 2024. Tires on vehicles like trucks and buses will be linked to a cloud-based system that is designed to help clients maximize the tires’ lifespan and minimize their carbon footprints. By the end of 2022, Bridgestone intends to begin expanding its plant in Warren County, Tennessee. As part of this renovation, it will install production equipment capable of embedding tires with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

Alliance for Tires of the Future (German "Allianz Zukunft Reifen or AZuR) and its network coordinator Christina Guth have set themselves the goal of no less than a tenfold increase in car tire retreads and an increase in truck tire retreads of over 40 percent over the next five years.

Hernán Di Leo, ELT manager at Prometeon, is quoted in a article in Argentina's Clarin Economica as saying, "I have been in charge of recycling the tires we sell for six months. I initially believed it would be a task, but I became deeply immersed and found a wonderful activity." Prometeon is Argentina's largest distribution network, with over 1,100 people and about 120 points of sale. Although it must be made clear that the procedure only accepts high-quality tires, "the reuse of tires is a crucial to the sustainability of the business," adds Di Leo. And he adds that "a tyre requires at least 250 years to biodegrade," according to estimates. Other supplementary possibilities exist, such as tyre repair through retreading techniques. But even after retreading, a tire's usable life eventually expires. Because of this, Prometeon established its ELT Program, which entails repurposing recycled tire parts into things like playground equipment for kids, artificial turf for soccer fields, and energy sources for businesses in the cement sector.

The new Extended Producer Responsibility for Waste Tyre Policy, released on July 23 by India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, has given the country's retreading industry a huge boost by recognizing retreaders as a necessary element of the waste tyre management system and by including retreading as an integral part of the Policy.

Did you know that the energy saved by retreaded truck tires could power 482 houses for a day? This thesis has been advocated by the Spanish TNU – the management company for extended responsibility system for end-of-life tires. Retreading is the process of adding new tread to an old tire in order to extend its useful life. Savings in oil, water, energy, and CO2 emissions into the environment are only a few of the ecological and financial benefits of this method. A new truck tire requires 141 liters of oil, 15,680 liters of water, and 338 kilograms of CO₂ to produce. However, everything is greatly decreased while making a new tire, allowing for savings of 234 kg of CO₂ emissions, 8,209 liters of water, and 98 liters of oil.

The official video of the second Recircle Awards ceremony, which took place on May 26 in Bologna, Italy, is now accessible on Youtube. The event, held at the end of the Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference saw awards presented to Marangoni, Vipal, Eco Green, Sustrend, Leticia Saiz Rodriguez and Patricia Malnati.

The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) and its member companies stand in support of H.R. 8165, the Commercial Vehicle Fleet Retreaded Tire Utilization Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2022, introduced this week by Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-13). The bill would provide tax credits for fleet purchases of U.S. retreaded commercial tires. “Retreading of commercial tires in the U.S. market has steadily decreased over the last 25 years, due in part to foreign alternatives for new tires, which are 65 percent less likely to be retreaded because of their design and construction,” said Anne Forristall Luke, president and CEO of USTMA.

At the Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference conducted at Autopromotec on in May 2022, industry professionals highlighted numerous noteworthy tire recycling and retreading topics. Italian Autopromotec, a trade show for the automobile aftermarket that increasingly incorporates recycling, was one of the biggest and most informative events of late spring 2022.

The Canadian Tire and Rubber Association (TRAC) has announced the recipients of its inaugural industry leadership awards for 2022. The End-of-Life Tyre Management Companies and Other Businesses Focused on Sustainability were recognized by the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada as exceptional individuals and businesses for their devotion and commitment to excellence in the tyre and rubber industry.