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Independent review of Australia’s Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme to start wide industry and community consultation on sustainable value going forward. An independent review of the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme, administered by Tyre Stewardship Australia, shows commendable work has delivered public benefit at small cost to the economy but that the Scheme has reached a turning point.

TSA recently provided the ‘Queensland Regional Business Case for a Circular Economy for Used Tyres’ reports for North & Far North Queensland, and South West Queensland. Developed in partnership with the QLD government, Local Government Association of QLD, local government, industry associations, resource recovery sector participants and community members, the document outlines a business case for greater success in recycling and alleviating the impacts of waste disposal and illegal dumping of used tyres.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) recently announced that funding is now available for Australian designed, developed and built solutions that will increase tyre resource recovery and decrease the burden of waste for future generations.

Join Tyrewise (New Zealand) and Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) for a webinar covering the key trends in international tire stewardship and the progress on the implementation of New Zealand’s first regulated tire product stewardship scheme, set to start in 2023.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) invites tire recycling industry stakeholders to join the ecologiQ Greener Infrastructure Conference on 6-7 September 2022 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tyre Stewardship Australia says the ecologiQ will serve as a platform where the industry comes together to drive circular change in transport infrastructure. According to TSA, the two-day conference will deliver an unrivalled program featuring diverse industry leaders, a dynamic trade hall full of suppliers of recycled and reused products, networking events and site tours.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) recently announced it was looking to an independent review to help shape its future. An independent review is designed to ensure product stewardship schemes continue to benefit the public. The review includes upwards of 50 interviews with government bodies, tire recyclers, processors, consumers and anyone involved in a particular scheme.  TSA CEO Lina Goodman describes it as a “hard-core report card” which outlines the scheme’s success and its failings. But it’s not a report that slaps you over the wrist and publicly shames you. If used correctly it can pivot the scheme to do better.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) welcomes the recent changes to the CO2 emission factor for end-of-life (EOL) tyres in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme, taking effect 1 July 2022. Of the 460,000 tonnes of EOL tyres generated annually in Australia, if 100,000 tonnes were used to replace coal in fuel burning applications, this would represent a potential carbon dioxide reduction of 87,000 tonnes and would make a substantial contribution to Australia’s greenhouse gas abatement programme.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) joins the global tire recovery community in congratulating the Tyrewise Working Group, Auto Stewardship NZ and the New Zealand government for establishing the first nationwide regulated tire product stewardship scheme, with mandatory industry participation.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) welcomes Ascenso Tyres as the newest contributor to Australia’s Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme (TPSS). Ascenso manufactures and distributes specialist Off-The-Road (OTR) tires for the agriculture, construction, material handling and forestry sectors.