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With the support of the Metropolitan City of Turin an international workshop on rubberized asphalt will be held on 28 September 2023, from 16.00 to 18.30, in Corso Inghilterra 7, Turin. The workshop will give a clear and updated picture of the limits and opportunities of the use of Rubberised Asphalt in Europe.

Britain’s Tyre Recovery Association has slammed the waste compliance standards of some signatories to the Basel Convention at this year’s European Tyre Recycling Association Conference that took place in Brussels on May 30 – June 1.

An online magazine sportsfields.info focused on technology and business aspects of synthetic turf fields recently published an article criticising EU's decision to ban crumb rubber infill in artificial turf. Indeed, this month's announcement by the European Commission that it will recommend a ban on the sale of polymeric infill within six years and ignore the difference so-called risk management measures can make, has been met with disbelief and outright anger by some organisations in the industry.

Episode 31 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast focuses on tire derived aggregate as Ewan Scott interviews Andreas Petterssen, the Head of R&D at Wieder Tech. In the context of soaring heating bills and the ongoing question about how the tire industry will deal with a 100% of its tire arisings, Petterssen sheds light on Wieder Tech's innovative engineering.

Prior to the conflict, tire recycling was not a major focus in Ukraine, with just 10% of the 180,000-200,000 tons of end-of-life tires recycled each year. According to German surveys, until recently, the vast majority of all Ukrainian garbage was delivered to landfills.

6PPD is an antioxidant and antiozonant that helps prevent the degradation and cracking of rubber compounds caused by exposure to oxygen, ozone and temperature fluctuation. 6PPD is used industry wide to help tires resist degradation and cracking, which is vital for driver and passenger safety. Antioxidants support increased tire endurance. There are no known alternatives to 6PPD that provide the same safety and performance characteristics in a tire.

On May 16, 2024, the RE-PLAN CITY LIFE Project will participate in the FORUM BUYGREEN event in Rome. At this event, a WORLD CAFÉ session focusing on Recycled Tyre Materials (RTMs) will take place, facilitating discussions with Regions and Metropolitan Cities. The aim is to identify policy tools within regional strategies that promote greater utilization of RTMs in various sectors such as Building Constructions, Transport, Sports Infrastructures, and Street Furniture. Partners such as ETRA, ECOSISTEMI, the Polytechnic of Turin, the University of Turin, and the Metropolitan City of Turin, renowned for their expertise in RTM usage, will be present.

On the 6th of February, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) announced opening a committee which will develop standards for the recovered carbon black (rCB). The goal of the ASTM’s new committee D36 will be to establish and update standards in end-of-life tire (ELT) and scrap rubber decomposition, standards in material characteristics and sustainability. ASTM declared that the committee will be formed and governed by the members of its existing committee on carbon black (D24) who engaged in working with a vast portfolio of standards on recycled carbon black goods.

The workshop "Rubberised Asphalt in Europe: Between Myths and Reality" will explore the benefits, challenges, and adoption barriers of rubberized asphalt in urban areas, where high traffic contributes to substantial asphalt wear. The event will focus on the technical and environmental benefits of recycled rubber in road construction, discussing how this approach can enhance road durability, reduce waste, and lower emissions.