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Traction Summit 2022 brings the tire industry together to discuss developing technologies. The Traction Summit 2022 takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 26 – 27, and takes the theme "Sustainability in tires: from materials to aftermarket".

Recently, the Tyre and Rubber Recycling magazine published an article on a Spanish study that suggests that microplastic loss from artificial turf can be limited. Every year, the Spanish tire industry manages 300,000 tons of end-of-life tires, of which about 75,000 tons are utilized as filler for artificial turf pitches.

Birla Carbon, one of the leading manufacturers of carbon black globally, has announced a 15% price increase for all carbon black products manufactured in North America, effective July 1, 2022. All shipments made on or after this date are subject to the price increase. Increasing costs in materials, freight, logistics, and operations are the key reasons for this necessary change.

An Austrian company Dyntex focuses on innovative ideas to produce high quality textiles. Sustainability is aided by ultra-light materials created from post-consumer recyclate (PCR). As a product innovation, Dyntex, a developer and manufacturer of functional materials based in Bregenz, Austria, is offering high-quality fabrics created from recycled vehicle tires. An novel thermo-chemical procedure is used to recover a polyamide polymer from worn tires.

Royal Mat has been welcomed as a new member of the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC). Royal Mat is based in Beauceville, Quebec, and produces rubber crumb and a range of rubber surfaces. TRAC President and CEO Carol Hochu states, "We are thrilled to have Royal Mat join our Association. Royal Mat is a pioneer in the field of tire recycling and the manufacture of high-quality recycled rubber goods. We look forward to a long-term, constructive collaboration that will benefit both parties."

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced at the 2022 Waste Expo trade show, a new formulation of its popular Endurance™ WHA waste haul tire made with a renewable soybean oil compound. The Endurance WHA is now made with soybean oil, which replaces a portion of the petroleum-based materials used in its production.

Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that a low-level tire dumping is a problem all over the United States. State Fish and Wildlife officials are asking people to stop dumping tires in the Colombia Basin of the Colombia River. Recently, staff at the wildlife area displayed more than 500 illegally dumped tires they’ve collected over the past two years in the wildlife area.

The International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus standard has been applied at a Tokai Carbon CB facility in Borger, Texas. The ISCC Plus standard will enable the company to certify carbon blacks as sustainable if they have been produced from a circular or bio-based feedstock. The ISCC Plus standard uses a mass balance approach to allow enterprises that use circular or bio-based feedstocks

Episode 33 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast takes a look at one of the most groundbreaking projects the tyre recycling industry has seen in the form of BlackCycle. Watch Orion and CSIC Latest Guests on The Tyre Recycling Podcast. Tyre and Rubber Recycling Magazine had the opportunity to speak to Celso Magri, the Global Marketing and Sustainability Director for Orion and Ramon Murillo, a Scientific Researcher at CSIC regarding the BlackCycle Project which has caught the interest of players across not just the tyre recycling sector but the entire tyre industry.