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Apollo Tyres Ltd. recently outlined a series of goals to advance the sustainability of its operations and products over the coming decades in its drive to become a more "responsible and progressive" organization. According to a statement made by Neeraj Kanwar, vice chairman and managing director of Gurugram-based Apollo Tyres, Apollo, the largest tire manufacturer in India and No. 14 globally, committed to becoming "carbon neutral" by 2050, with an initial target of improving its Scope-1 and Scope-2 emissions intensity by 25% by 2026 compared to the baseline year of 2020.

Birla Carbon – one of the leading global manufacturers of sustainable carbon-based solutions – is participating in the Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft, DKT 2022, that is being held in Nuremberg, Germany, from June 27 – 30, 2022. Birla Carbon will showcase Continua™ Sustainable Carbonaceous Materials at the event,

To handle waste such as scrap tires, sometimes one may want to seek an alternative to recycling – tire pyrolysis. This process involves decomposing of car tires by incinerating them at a high temperature at the same time removing oxygen. Via this method, it is possible to obtain gas, oil and alternative charcoal known as biochar or recovered carbon black (rCB) – the recycled materials will be applied to produce new goods and generate energy.

The last issue of Tyre Asia published in December/January featured the second part of Robert Weibold’s interview on tyre recycling. Earlier, Tyre Asia interviewed Robert Weibold on the state of the tyre recycling industry. As the problem of waste tyre accumulation and disposal around the world gets acute, Robert shared his view on how to sustainably tackle the problem.

To be held at the Woodland Grange Hotel, Leamington Spa on Tuesday 24th September the TRA is pleased to announce the running order for the day alongside the accompanying speaker/panel details. If you have not already registered do not delay, space is limited and this years event is already heavily subscribed. Here are the details

Birla Carbon – one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black solutions – celebrates its ‘Decade of Sustainability Excellence. Birla Carbon has been reporting on Sustainability since 2013. Some of its many success stories over the last decade have been shared on a webpage titled Decade of Sustainability on the Birla Carbon website. Sharing his thoughts on the milestone, John Loudermilk, Chief Executive Officer, Birla Carbon, said, “Birla Carbon has been focused on Sustainability to build leadership in its business, as well as, a better future for all.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) warns tire recycling and tire collection companies that dodgy overseas operators have caused approximately 100 shipping containers full of used tyres exported from Australia to Malaysia to be abandoned in Penang. The tyres have been abandoned on the Penang docks after a local Malaysian operator, with no verified processing operations, brought the containers into Malaysia. TSA says that the case highlights that tyre recyclers offering cheap deals need to be closely examined to make sure they can deliver what they promise, and that they are genuinely providing reliable, sustainable and environmentally sound recycling of tyres.

Episode 30 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features the CEO of Wastefront – Vianney Vales. In this podcast Vianney Vales gives the latest update on their pyrolysis project in Sunderland. Vianney spoke at length about the project, as well as turning his eyes towards the possibility of future pyrolysis plants for Wastefront.

New Zealand’s North Canterbury has a huge end-of-life tire stockpile, which has been attracting public attention over the last years and grew into a big problem. Efforts to clean up the stockpile have picked up pace with two parties who are now in a competition race. Press reports that the tire stockpile has been a concern for the community for more than four years, and it was deliberately set alight in 2018. Both removal bids have Environment Canterbury (ECan) backing. New Zealand’s magazine Stuff reports that “Community-led group Accountability Action was formed in response to a lack of action by authorities and enforcement breaches by the companies responsible for the tires, Tyre Recycling Services New Zealand Ltd and 2016 Tyre Shredding Ltd.”