The recycling of waste tyres through the production of ground tire rubber (GTR) composites presents an effective strategy to address the escalating environmental concerns associated with post‐consumer ...

The Brussels-based European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) has announced that it has partnered with global standards organisation ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, to present on ...

French tyre manufacturer, Michelin, announced that it has developed a long term solution to manufacture tyres out of plastic bottles, which could help reuse the millions of single-use plastic bottles ...

With its distinctive tactility and unique smell, rubber is a veritable feast for the senses, providing idiosyncrasy and the potential for design ingenuity in equal measures. Its influence ranges from ...

Production of natural rubber has claimed over 4 million hectares of forest in south-east Asia since 1993 according to a recent study. This destruction of tropical forest for rubber plantations is ...

D&R Recyclers Inc. President Darrell Rutherford says several factors are prompting him to sell the property and remaining equipment from his former tire collection business. Once the leading southwest ...

The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) has been appointed to the Waste Tyre Management Industry Advisory Committee, tasked with implementing a government-approved plan to manage the ...

South Africa produces a minimum of 170 000 tons of waste tyres a year. These used tyres pollute the landscape, especially when burned in the informal economy to access wire to sell as scrap metal. A ...

Plans for a £100m tyre recycling plant at the Port of Sunderland, which could create up to 100 jobs, have been backed by the council. Norwegian green energy company Wastefront AS, which is backed by ...