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To put down the fire, 27 fire units arrived at the site on Abbeville Highway, the county’s fire department said. Moreover, the crews that tackle threatening material also worked at the old recycling plant. In addition, Department of Health and Environmental Control was fully prepared to assist authorities if needed.

According to Arab Times magazine, in an incident report received by the Central Operations Department of Kuwait on Tuesday evening, June 20, the General Fire Services Directorate confirmed a fire outbreak at a tire recycling plant located on Al-Salmi Road. The magazine reports a prompt response of the fire brigade, the fire was contained, preventing its spread to other areas with stored tires. The situation was effectively dealt with and brought under control, resulting in no major injuries from the incident.

The only event focusing on ecology and environmental protection in the Caspian and Caucasus regions invites tire recyclers and equipment suppliers to take part or attend the upcoming exhibition. Both international and local businesses as well as tire recycling industry players are expected to be united at the exhibition. Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, is set to host the 10th Anniversary Azerbaijan International Environmental Exhibition on November 13-15 this year as a part of Caspian Ecology 2019.

The Australian federal and Western Australian Labor governments are co-investing AUD $44.1 million in nine recycling projects to enhance waste management across Perth and regional Western Australia. These projects will divert 143,000 tonnes of waste from landfills annually and create 246 jobs. Facilities will recycle plastics, tires, paper, and cardboard into new products, including high-quality plastic pipes. Key projects include a tire recycling and devulcanization plant to process 12,000 tonnes of off-the-road tires into reusable rubber materials.

Signus Ecovalor engages in eco-friendly tire recycling by converting ELT textile fibers into BHET using high-temperature, high-pressure ethylene glycol. Yet, efficiency faces challenges when contaminants like rubber are present. Pure PET textiles achieve an 85% efficiency, while contaminated tire textiles reach only 20-30%.

Replan is committed to enhancing collaboration among various tire recycling projects to facilitate information sharing and create new cooperation opportunities. By connecting diverse initiatives, the goal is to merge isolated efforts and products made from recycled tire materials (RTM) into European market.

Canadian Emergency Measures Organization has been working hard to extinguish a tire fire in Minto, a village in the south of New Brunswick. The Organization’s Spokesman Geoffrey Downey said the final loads of sand have been dumped at the TRACC recycling facility. Canadian Press reported that the fire broke out at the facility on December 20 and spread onto one hectare of adjacent land. Mr. Downey said heavy equipment and extra loads of sand had been left at the site in case molten tires catch fire again.

On December 10, 2021, New Energy was the only commercially active company worldwide that was certified by ISCC PLUS as a "Point of Origin" and greenhouse gas savings for chemical recycling of both tire and plastics.

Bridgestone Corporation has released its latest integrated report—Bridgestone 3.0 Journey 2022 Integrated Report—and made this report available on its corporate website. This report provides with comprehensive and better understanding of its approach and initiatives aimed at enhancing corporate value over the medium- to long-term.