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Continental has introduced its most sustainable tire yet, the UltraContact NXT, which combines a high proportion of renewable, recycled, and certified materials with excellent safety and performance. According to Continental, it is the first tire on the market to achieve both a high share of sustainable materials and the highest EU tire-label performance. All 19 available sizes of the UltraContact NXT have received the highest rating ("A") in rolling resistance, wet braking, and exterior noise on the EU tire label. The UltraContact NXT contains up to 65% renewable, recycled, and mass balance certified materials, depending on the tire size. Renewable materials make up to 32% of the tire, including resins derived from residual materials from the paper and wood industries, as well as silica extracted from rice husks.

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group is driving positive change in the mining sector with its innovative Maple Program, which quantifies and rewards oil and carbon emissions savings. This initiative supports the industry’s commitment to sustainability by providing customers with validated data on CO2 and oil savings achieved through retreading or repairing existing tires instead of purchasing new ones.

Smithers Sustainability in Tires 2023 will take place this October 12-13 in Shanghai, China and online. Smithers successfully held Tomorrow's Tire in 2019 and 2022 in China, discussing all of the most important topics affecting the tire industry, including OEM's requirements, tire performance, new technologies, future opportunities, and more.

Bolder Industries, Inc. and Soucy Techno announced today the signing of a formal multi-year supply agreement for BolderBlack®, the premier sustainable carbon black alternative. This is an extension of a previous agreement made between Bolder and Soucy and a result of Bolder’s ability to deliver product quality and consistency over many years – signaling a major achievement in the recovered carbon black industry. The partnership between Bolder and Soucy began in 2016 with a co-development of plastic masterbatch at Soucy’s Sherbrooke-based lab. Since then, Soucy has continued to expand the use of BolderBlack in their plastics components for agricultural and industrial vehicle sectors with a 1,000% increase in volume offtake of BolderBlack over the last 5 years.

Italian man-made textiles manufacturer Fulgar is promoting its most experimental innovation yet, which aims to establish a cross-industry recycling standard. The groundbreaking new yarn is the result of a collaboration between Fulgar’s textile expertise with a German chemical company, BASF, which has created a new process called ChemCycling™.

Boral Australia marked last week’s 50th anniversary of World Earth Day (22 April) by reinforcing their commitment to the circular economy with the country-wide launch of INNOVO asphalt system. Latin for ‘renew’, INNOVO is a sustainable asphalt system designed so customers can customize a unique asphalt mix containing all, one or a number of salvaged materials such as recycled end-of-life tire rubber, recycled plastic, recycled glass and other materials that would otherwise go to landfill.

In May 2022, Martin von Wolfersdorff – a renown carbon black expert from Berlin – visited the Tire Technology Expo in Hannover. During his visit, Martin was interviewing some industry experts about the recent breakthroughs and developments in sustainable rubber, sustainable carbon black and other material recovery related topics. In the video below Martin von Wolfersdorff is interviewing Gautier Munsch and Kubat Narynbek from DECATHLON FRANCE about bike tires and sustainability – a remarkable achievement of Decathlon's R&D team.

Patagonia, a California-based outdoor apparel company, renowned for its commitment to eco-friendly practices, is taking wetsuit sustainability to a new level. In a pioneering move, the company is transforming old wetsuits into new ones, reducing waste and carbon footprint. By utilizing reclaimed carbon black, a key ingredient in neoprene, Patagonia aims to create a truly circular product. This innovative approach not only addresses environmental concerns but also sets a new standard for the industry.

Tyre Stewardship Australia – the end-of-life tire management authority in Australia – writes that the tire manufacturing industry is now taking another step towards assuring sustainable natural rubber. According to its recent social media feed, members of the multi-stakeholder Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) took an important step towards ensuring the production, processing and consumption of natural rubber does not cause social or environmental harm.