News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Bridgestone EMEA has once again received the Platinum rating by renowned sustainability assessment platform, EcoVadis. This is the third consecutive time the organisation has been awarded EcoVadis’ top ranking since 2021, putting Bridgestone EMEA in the top 1 percent of the 130,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis globally across 220 industry sectors. Bridgestone EMEA was given a Silver rating and ranked in the top 12 percent of businesses globally when first assessed by EcoVadis in 2015 – which scores organisations against four core areas: Environment, Labour and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.

The 9th Tire Recycling Conference organized by The Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation, Inc. (STREF), will take place in Atlanta, Georgia on May 14th - 17th, 2024. Date: May 14 - May 17, 2024 Location: Marriot Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center Early bird registration closes Friday, April 12:

This is the last chance to register for the upcoming EuRIC's "Reinventing the Wheel: Advancing tyre recycling" event. Date: 15 April 2024 Time: 14:00-18:00 Venue: BluePoint Venues, Brussels Registrations close on Friday! Get yout ticket HERE.

Fornnax Technology invites you to visit its Booth at the "Eco Waste - WORLD FUTURE ENERGY SUMMIT 2024” for the discussion on requirement of Shredders & Granulators. Summit Name: Eco Waste - World Future Energy Summit 2024, Venue: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Summit Dates: 16-18 April 2024

Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) continues to demand UK Government response to tackle abuse of end-of-life whole tyres exported from UK According to TRA, Britain will be the environmental sick man of Europe if government doesn’t not act soon to update waste regulations, warns the UK’s Tyre Recovery Association (TRA). Revealing the correspondence underway with the Secretary of State for the Environment and his department, the TRA makes public the issues the UK government are failing to engage with.

Chinese tire manufacturer Sailun Group unveiled plans to invest USD251 million in constructing a new manufacturing plant in Indonesia, marking its latest move in expanding operations overseas. This announcement comes as the company's third international investment project since December of the previous year. The new facility, situated in the Jatengland Industrial Park in Demak, Central Java, Indonesia, is slated to manufacture 3.6 million radial tires annually, along with 37,000 tons of non-road tires. Sailun Group's shares, traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SHA: 601058, saw a marginal increase of 0.07%, closing at CNY14.32 (USD2.00) today.

The UK government's stance on crumb rubber in sports pitches has come under scrutiny following the European Commission's ban on microplastics, which encompasses crumb rubber. Initially, the UK government stated no plans to ban crumb rubber but has since initiated consultations on intentionally added microplastics. Professor Andrew Watterson from the University of Stirling has called for a ban on toxic 3G crumb rubber pitches in Scotland due to identified health hazards.

Indian tire recyclers are stepping up efforts to meet the increasing demand for tire shred in the domestic market by expanding existing capacities and establishing new plants. This expansion includes setting up tire recycling units overseas to collect tires, process them into shreds, and then ship them back to India for further processing. India stands as the world's largest importer of scrap tires, with significant volumes being imported from Australia. Tyre Collection Australia, founded by Chetan Joshi in Melbourne in 2018, is one such player engaged in tire recycling.

In the frame of the 29th ETRA Conference on Tyre Recycling a lively workshop by RE-PLAN CITY LIFE project "Recycled materials and Public works: How to reduce the gap?" will be held on April 17, 2024. The workshop will illustrate the tools put in place by the project to stimulate a stronger engagement from the Public Authorities to adopt best practices and Green Procurement.