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Australia’s circular tyre economy expands into the next decade with more opportunities for investors, recyclers and manufacturers The new financial year marks 10 years of operation for Tyre Stewardship Australia and sees more rubber product recycling opportunities opening up across the country than ever before. Industry case studies show rubber product users and recyclers, in metro, regional, rural, and remote areas, are defying challenging economic times to gain value from tyre recycling.

QLD Mining Tyres & Conveyor Belts Sustainability Forum run by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) with support from the Queensland Department of Environment, Science, and Innovation, is by invitation only and will kick-start how we can work together to find real-world solutions for used mining tire and conveyor belts in Australia. TSA has been running a working group/hub with mining companies in Western Australia, and most recently in New South Wales. We’d be delighted to connect you with appropriate participants if you want to hear about their experience.

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.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) has released its tyre recovery data for 2022-2023, and things don’t look good. Alarmingly, Australia’s recovery of used car, bus and truck (automotive) tyres is going backwards, having dropped to under 80%, a sharp downward trend since the 2019-2020 peak of 90%.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) that constantly searches applications for scrap tires now serves as a member of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) – an important informational body with connections to the rubber industry and international governmental authorities. IRSG currently comprises over 100 members from 36 countries. The group is involved in discussion of the matters influencing natural and synthetic rubbers, according to IRSG Secretary-General Salvatore Pinizzotto who welcomed TSA into his association.

In the end of June 2023, Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) released two reports which provide best practice engagement principles for use by industry, government and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to increase resource recovery of Off-The-Road (OTR) rubber products such as tires, conveyor belts and tracks. This is a clear set of principles for OTR rubber resource recovery which recognises and accounts for the needs and expectations of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).

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) reports that an innovative spray-on concrete made from used tyres that can protect buildings against blast, ballistics, impact and fire has been short-listed for Australia’s most prestigious manufacturing awards. TSA supports Flexiroc Australia Pty Ltd in its research and development of this ground-breaking product, Protectiflex. Flexiroc managing director Gary Bullock says Protectiflex is a game changer: a one-stop solution that can be sprayed on buildings and structures to strengthen and protect them – and the people within them – from explosions, weapons and ballistics attacks, forced entry and fire.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) – Australian end-of-life tire recycling and management authority – invites you to have a listen to ‘Helixtapping the Industry’ podcast, where TSA’s Science & Innovation Advisor, Dr Linda Mitchell, PhD discusses the rubber market and circular economy for end-of-life tires, the factors affecting rubber prices, sustainability, and their hopes for the future of the rubber industry, alongside fellow International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) leaders. ‘Helixtapping the Industry’ podcast is a monthly overview and forecast of the rubber industry and greater commodities space created by Helixtap Technologies, the pioneers of groundbreaking, AI-driven price and market intelligence for the rubber industry.