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On March 11-12, 2020, Robert Weibold – the tire recycling and pyrolysis consulting expert – will attend the 10th Kuwait Waste Management Conference & Exhibition as a speaker. To meet Robert Weibold at the conference, please write us at sales@weibold.com. The event will be devoted to solid waste management, including end-of-life tire recycling, in GCC countries, and will be held on March 11-12 in Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel in Kuwait.

The 10th Kuwait Waste Management Conference & Exhibition initially scheduled for March 11-12 will be rescheduled for June 9-10, 2020. The event will be devoted to solid waste management, including end-of-life tire recycling, in GCC countries, and will be held on March 11-12 in Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel in Kuwait.

Scandinavian company Enviro stated that it conducts negotiations with a US company EE-TDF Cleveland LLC, a Denmark-based WindSpace A/S, and a Canada-based enterprise Treadcraft Limited after voicing earlier plans to construct tire recycling facilities that would rely on its patented tire pyrolysis technology. Even though the initial deadline has passed, Enviro says that the chances for realization of these plans remain quite high. The construction has been discussed by the parties for more than a year.

Today, scrap tires find numerous uses in many industrial applications and consumer goods. Even though the number of applications grows, there is still a huge surplus of scrap tires available for recycling and many tire stockpiles around the world will remain intact yet for decades. Researchers claim, however, that a huge number of scrap tires can be successfully reused in concrete; interestingly, not only rubber can be used to improve properties of concrete, but the bulk of other materials contained in tires, i.e. recycled steel and synthetic fibers. This article briefly summarizes findings of such researches.

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) – the umbrella organization for European Recycling Industries – has been holding a series of webinars “Recyclers’ Talks” aimed at, among other important topics, end-of-life tire recycling and pyrolysis. On October 5, 2021, EuRIC is holding another webinar called “End-of-Waste: Time to Move Forward”. Among other topics, the webinar will shed light of end-of-life tire management issues and practices, presented by the European Tire and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association.

A Hungarian city of Zalaegerszeg in the Zala region saw the construction of a new rubber bitumen plant capable of recycling 20,000 tons of scrap tires annually; the facility became operative this year. The company behind the plant construction is the local energy and chemical company MOL. Moreover, the development is possible thanks to a huge investment allocated by MOL; at the same time, the State Enterprise Investment Support Program also provided partial funding to the initiative. In total, the sum of investment is estimated at 3 billion Hungarian Forint.

The team of Weibold, a tire recycling and tire pyrolysis consulting company based in Vienna, Austria, is speaking at a webinar organized by the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP). The webinar Trends & Opportunities for Circular Raw Materials from the Tire Waste Stream will be conducted by Andreas Kyriakou, Senior Partner at Weibold, and Claus Lamer, Senior Pyrolysis Consultant at Weibold. The webinar will be available in two sessions: Session I: December 7th - 9am CET / 5pm JST and Session II: December 7th - 9am CT US / 4pm CET. To register for the webinars, please proceed to the IISRP website using links above.

Bridgestone Americas and Dow have partnered to develop B-SEALS, a recyclable, silicone-based tire sealant technology. The extended mobility solution will be introduced at the upcoming 2022 Silicone Expo in Detroit (June 21-23), and represents more than four years of joint research and development between the two companies.

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is an international non-profit association representing all segments of the tire industry, including those that manufacture, repair, recycle, sell, service or use new or retreaded tires, and also those suppliers or individuals who furnish equipment, material or services to the industry. The mission of TIA is to promote tire safety through training and education, to act as the principal advocate in government affairs and to enhance the image and professionalism of the industry so that our member businesses may be more successful. TIA has more than 13,000 members from all 50 states and around the globe.