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Paul Downey argues that US tariffs are pushing North American businesses toward more localized supply chains, creating an opening for the recycling sector to become a stronger source of domestic raw materials. The article says manufacturers are under pressure from higher raw material costs, while retailers are managing increased import costs, and that these conditions could make recycled materials more strategically important if the United States improves its recycling policy framework. The commentary frames recycling not only as an environmental activity but as supply chain infrastructure, arguing that domestic material recovery could help manufacturers reduce exposure to global trade disruption, support reshoring and build more resilient industrial supply chains. However, it also warns that without reform, the United States could miss the opportunity to turn recycling into a competitive advantage.

ElastikoTM ECR technology has been developed by Asphalt Plus, LLC since the early 2000s as a part of an engineered application system called “Dry Process Rubber.” ElastikoTM ECR has been used to modify millions of tons of asphalt mix in the US, and these modified mixes have been used on thousands of miles of heavy and medium traffic roads. TRS builds solutions for the processing and recycling of scrap tires through the development and implementation of innovative technologies. The company is deploying the technologies globally in a series of regional processing facilities. ElastikoTM ECR will allow TRS to vertically integrate their licensed tire recycling business by providing recycled rubber products to the asphalt paving and roofing markets.

NITI Aayog proposed introducing standardized specifications for TPO and rCB to improve product consistency, reliability, and market acceptance across industrial sectors.

A new documentary released by Tyre Stewardship Australia examines illegal tire dumping in Australia, focusing on the financial and environmental impacts associated with improper disposal of end-of-life tires. Titled Tyred and Wasted: Australia’s Illegal Tyre Dumping Crisis, the documentary explores how disposal fees paid by motorists and businesses for used tire collection may not always result in responsible processing, with some tires reportedly being dumped unlawfully rather than entering approved tire recycling channels.

In 2017, REDISA was unlawfully removed, a finding confirmed by the Supreme Court of Appeal in 2019. Yet, it was never reinstated. Responsibility instead shifted to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Waste Management Bureau. The Bureau has for eight years consistently failed to meet its tyre diversion targets. In the past few months, the Bureau has gone to tender to establish a million square metres of waste tyre depot space – enough to store over a million tonnes of waste tyres – and to sell off some R100 million worth of tyre recycling equipment that it bought but could not put to use. This is not management, it is controlled dumping. The consequences have been stark: job losses, dangerously overcrowded depots that pose real fire risks, discarded tyres contaminating groundwater, along with widespread illegal burning that releases toxic fumes

eTracks Tire Management Systems – end-of-life tire management organization in Ontario, Canada – successfully completed its first year of operations under Ontario’s new end-of-life tire regulation and Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR) model. To commemorate the milestone, eTracks announced several Awards of Excellence in appreciation of our suppliers’ invaluable help in achieving a seamless transition under the new recycling framework.

The facility is also expected to generate approximately 21,000 tonnes annually of tire-derived oil through the company's pyrolysis process.

SIGNUS Ecovalor has launched a new tender process for the selection and contracting of service providers focused on the recovery and valorization of end-of-life tires (ELTs), continuing efforts to strengthen Spain’s circular economy approach to tire waste management.

Liberty Tire Recycling – the premier North American provider of tire recycling services – will open a new manufacturing facility in Sanford in February 2022, creating 30 new jobs in the area. The new facility will produce rubberized mulch, a resilient and sustainable alternative to traditional mulch, made from recycled end-of-life tires.