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Government procurement and stronger product stewardship are essential to creating hundreds of local jobs by processing and using the 500,000 tons (equivalent to 62.5 million passenger tires) of used tires generated annually in Australia. Speaking at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Procurement Practices, Tire Stewardship Australia’s CEO, Lina Goodman, emphasized the need for government to leverage its procurement power and product stewardship regulation to drive the investment needed for circular economy jobs, boosting Australia’s manufacturing sector and stimulating markets for recycled products.

The Tyre Stewardship Australia will sponsor over 30 new research, market expansion and practical end use initiatives for recycled tires as more than $4.9 million have been committed by the organization’s fund. The funding will be provided with the aim to find useful application for as many waste tires as possible in the country.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) reports that it will no longer be accepting applications from new entities seeking accreditation for the baling of whole end-of-life tyres for export. According to the statement, TSA makes this decision in light of the recent announcement made by the Council of Australian Government (COAG) to ban the export of whole baled tyres. TSA highlights that this action is intended to assist current accredited organisations transition from baling whole tyres for export to other processing methodologies.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) recently announced it would fund innovative ideas that utilize end-of-life tires. According to the organization’s recent press release, TSA has dedicated a special budget for funding such projects. The organization also says TSA’s Market Development Fund is now open for applications. The scope is broad; from research grants to funding prototypes, projects and initiatives, the goal is to transform passenger and truck tires into new and innovative markets.

TSA says its mission remains unchanged: to support to the best of its ability the sustainable growth and profitability of local recycling through important initiatives such as Market Development Fund and ground-breaking initiatives such as the Foreign End Market Verification program. TSA's team says they are heartened by the organization's achievements, including over $8 million committed to market development projects and a continued focus on increasing recovery rates in the off-the-road tyre sector.

According to the latest press release by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA), each year the equivalent of over 58 million passenger tires reach their end-of-life in Australia. TSA says that throughout the life cycle of these tires, it is important to consider the environmental and health impacts, including tire and road wear particles that may be generated while driving tires on the roads, and from tire-derived materials when tires are recovered at the end of their life.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) envisions a sector where resources from end-of-life tires (ELT) are used as feedstock for new value-added products, boosting new industries, creating new jobs and finding alternate uses for this valuable resource.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) – the authority responsible for end-of-life tire management and regulations in the country – is calling for all property developers, facility managers, landlords and farming communities to remain vigilant ahead of the Commonwealth’s waste export ban on whole used tires coming into effect 1 December 2021. In its press release from September 21, TSA stresses the organization was established in 2014 to implement the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme (Scheme) which aims to promote the development of viable markets for end-of-life tires. The Scheme has multiple benefits including transforming a waste product into a useful commodity, creating new industries and employment opportunities while also reducing the environmental harm caused by the illegal dumping, stockpiling and mismanagement of end-of-life tires.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) warns tire recycling and tire collection companies that dodgy overseas operators have caused approximately 100 shipping containers full of used tyres exported from Australia to Malaysia to be abandoned in Penang. The tyres have been abandoned on the Penang docks after a local Malaysian operator, with no verified processing operations, brought the containers into Malaysia. TSA says that the case highlights that tyre recyclers offering cheap deals need to be closely examined to make sure they can deliver what they promise, and that they are genuinely providing reliable, sustainable and environmentally sound recycling of tyres.