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Workshop PLASTIC, RUBBER & RECYCLING will take place in Valencia 1-2 October 2024. ETRA and AIMPLAS join forces to organize a lively workshop to explore opportunities to set up new EU funded projects on Tyre, Rubber, and Plastic recycling with a high level of valorization.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) encourages tyre recyclers in Victoria to apply for Manufacturing Growth Program. Small and medium-sized manufacturers play a key role in helping Australia realise a more circular economy. Program overview

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.

Cement company Argos belonging to a larger Colombian conglomerate used over 75,000 tons of waste as energy source last year – this amount represents all waste, including scrap tires, that a city with population of 200,000 generates annually. Moreover, the company’s alternative fuel control system at cement plant in Cartagena uses scrap tires and helped increase co-processing capacity of Regional Colombia by 200%. Following the success, the company signed an official document in which it set forth its commitment to sustainability vowing to rely on alternative fuels, including scrap tire rubber, received via recycling.

Using electronic identification chips in new tires has been found to be an efficient practice that tire producers can undertake. The verdict about its technical feasibility was delivered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). However, the group also noted that the technology has to be standardized, and this means, the industry will have to elaborate on it, as well as new regulations will be required.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) – a Swedish tire pyrolysis equipment supplier and operator – reports it has received an order from Michelin for engineering services and technical documentation at a value of approximately SEK 4 million (EUR 400,000). According to the company, the order includes engineering services as well as documentation for Enviro’s patented technology for material recovery of end-of-life-tires and form a basis for the negotiations about a strategic partnership, which the parties have been engaged in since April 2020.

The Government of Canada is providing repayable funds estimated at $326,250 for a new project that will assist the work of Tire Recycling Atlantic Canada Corporation (TRACC) and enable modernization and production growth at its Minto plant, Pat Finnigan, Member of Parliament for Miramichi-Grand Lake district announced late March.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems – a Swedish tire pyrolysis operator and equipment manufacturer – invites owners and representatives of the capital markets and media to participate in a virtual Capital Markets presentation on Friday, October 15th, 2021, between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. CET. Enviro’s CEO Thomas Sörensson and Chairman of the Board Alf Blomqvist will participate in the presentation.

Former Bridgestone plant in French city of Béthune will collect, sort and retread passenger car tires. The agreement on this has been reached by a French retreading specialist Black-Star with the car maintenance company Mobivia with the help of Bridgestone. An integrated tire recycling ecosystem that relies on the circular economy and gives scrap tires a second life will be developed on a special industrial site with the support of iWip subsidiary. Mobivia will provide its auto centers for tire collection. From there, scrap tires will be transported and retreaded. The recycling process will help save up to 80 percent of the original material used in tire production. Each tire will be recycled into 9 kg of rubber and steel.