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Irish Mirror magazine reports that Meath County Council is investigating the illegal dumping of over 3,000 end-of-life tires on private forest land near Longwood Village, about 25 km from Dublin. According to the magazine, the incident took place on Thursday, January 12, and Friday morning/night. The end-of-life tires would have been produced by tire manufacturers and/or fitters and dumped by 'unscrupulous waste collectors'. The is now expected to pay a hefty clean up fee of approximately €7,000 and the council is urging all private owners to secure their properties with gates and fences.

According to a recent Virginia Mercury article, Republican Delegate Thomas Garrett's proposed legislation aims to address issues related to tire recycling in Virginia. The bill, which recently passed a House subcommittee, seeks to increase the state's fee on new tire sales to support recycling efforts. Additionally, it mandates tire producers to register with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and utilize licensed haulers for transporting end-of-life tires to approved recycling facilities.

A massive transportation operation earlier in 2022 relocated Kuwait's tire graveyard. The tires were transported to Al-new Salmi's recycling facility. There was an urgent need to deal with the estimated 42 million tires that had been dumped in the desert, and the original dump site had been designated for a new housing development. There was an intense competition to win the contract to recycle the tires, and EPSCO was one of the winners.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) welcomes the recent changes to the CO2 emission factor for end-of-life (EOL) tyres in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme, taking effect 1 July 2022. Of the 460,000 tonnes of EOL tyres generated annually in Australia, if 100,000 tonnes were used to replace coal in fuel burning applications, this would represent a potential carbon dioxide reduction of 87,000 tonnes and would make a substantial contribution to Australia’s greenhouse gas abatement programme.

Cypriot Members of Parliament were told by the Audit Office last week that about 35 per cent of end-of-life tires imported into Cyprus every year pass through the port in Limassol without being subject to an environmental fee. Moreover, not all these waste tires are properly disposed of.

DRI Rubber – the global leader in reprocessed- and fiber reinforced rubber compounds and products – proudly reintroduces LRP Matting, as the official brand for all rubber matting products and solutions. With this DRI Rubber gives focus and dedication to its brand, as LRP Matting will become a division of DRI Rubber. Boosting the well-being of both humans and animals, and improving the environmental footprint of both our customers and the rubber industry as a whole, LRP Matting has a solution for every surface and every size.

According to the recent Forbs press release, Proyección Futura’s environmental services have been in the Ecuadorian market for 16 years and since the beginning of 2022 it has had operations in Bogotá, Colombia. In 2021, it invoiced close to US$700,000 and this year its partners are confident of reaching one million dollars. The company is already developing a plan to manage wood waste.

The European Union has made the transition to more sustainable mobility, one of its top priorities. Adopted in April 2024, the Euro 7 regulation represents a major step forward, by introducing, for the first time, particle emission thresholds for tire wear — a measure Michelin fully supports.

The Ocean Legacy Foundation (OLF), known for its efforts to clean up plastic litter from oceans and shorelines, is expanding its mission to tackle abandoned tires. OLF, which began targeting tires in 2014, has since removed 4,000 tires from marine environments and sent them for recycling. Tire Stewardship British Columbia (TSBC), Canada’s oldest tire recovery program, is now granting OLF $150,000 over five years to support its cleanup initiatives along BC’s coastline, aiming to ensure that rubber scraps and foam from tires are recycled.