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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

According to recent messages from SIGNUS – a Spanish end-of-life tire authority – when NEX Tires reach the end of their usable life, SIGNUS will take care of their further fate. When the tires NEX sells reach the end of their useful lives, the tire distributor NEX Tires has partnered with SIGNUS Ecovalor to manage the environment.

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.

Italy’s Olbia handled an environmental problem that posed danger to the environment and human health as over 900 tons of abandoned scrap tires were collected from an industrial area. This became possible thanks to funding and joint efforts of the Municipality of Olbia and a non-for-profit scrap tire managing organization Ecopneus. Additionally, Ecoservice of S.Antonio di Gallura helped the tire removal process. The company serves as Ecopneus’ partner specializing in collection and transportation of scrap tires in the provinces of Sassari, Oristano and Nuoro in Italy.

The European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) that comprises nine board members has chosen its new vice president – the position is now held by the UK representative, Peter Taylor OBE, who is a former Secretary General of the Imported Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ITMA). Peter Taylor is a very experienced specialist in the tire industry – he worked in the segment for more than 50 years, and he spent around two decades in the field of tire processing.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) – an end-of-life tire management organization promoting sustainable recycling and reuse practices – invites to attend a Tech Talk on Crumb Rubber in Asphalt, which is to be help at RMIT University in Melbourne on July 7, 2022.

European Rubber Journal hosts this year’s the Future Tire Conference on June 11-12 in Germany’s Cologne. Potential attendees are now welcome to register and secure their place at the events that will unite tire industry key players and specialists at Leonardo Royal Hotel Köln – Am Stadtwald. During the conference, visitors will learn about the importance of sustainability when building and improving tire business, no matter if stakeholders are involved in tire production, tire recycling or supply sectors, as circular economy is expected to have an impact on all. The event will provide an insight into managing recycling considering nascent business opportunities in tire recycling, carbon print reduction and taking into account human health and environment protection.

The business strategy of Genan, Europe's largest mechanical tyre recycler, has been impacted by rising energy costs. As a result, Genan has separated energy charges from its process list and will display a quarterly updated energy price scale alongside the materials cost. According to Genan’s CEO Poul Steen Rasmussen, energy prices have been increasing for quite some time, and Genan has been absorbing these significant extra expenditures through 2021. The company says it cannot, however, continue along this path. The Circular Economy requires energy in order to transform end-of-life items into fresh recycled raw materials, and the recycling industry alone cannot meet this demand. Rasmussen says by 2022, Genan will have to enact a portion of this bill as a variable energy surcharge.

More than a hundred of professionals working in supply chain operation specializing in scrap tire recycling, transport and storage gathered in Rome last year for the Ecopneus Convention. At the same time, businesses that use recycled rubber in sports field production and apply scrap tires to fuel cement plants participated in the event. The organizers of the convention shed light on the issue of quality of the supply chain and products.