New Zealand Heads Towards EPR for Waste Management
After years of indecision the waste disposal issues in New Zealand finally look like there may be some…
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Kal Tire’s Chile Plant Under Construction
Kal Tire, the mining tyre specialist, has long been working on plans to recycle OTR tyres in Chile. Long…
US EPA Issues Crumb Rubber Characterisation Report Part I
The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued the first of a two part characterisation of crumb rubber used in artificial turf.…
SA Students Put Tyre Char Back Onto Tyres
The most infamous use of tyres in parts of Africa has been “the necklace”, used to punish apartheid…
Caserta Gets New Artificial Turf Pitch
Environment Minister Sergio Costa was present in Caserta when the city’s first full size artificial turf pitch was opened…
Tyre Burning Continues in India
The Krishna district administration officials recently raided the industrial area in Jaggayyapeta and issued notices to four chemical factories for…
Highways England to Explore Improving Road Surfaces
After 60 years of rubberised asphalt and some 30 years after the first 1km test stretch of highway in England…
Johor Govt to be Named in Litigation Over Sg Kim Kim Pollution
The Sg Kim Kim incident has led to legal action being taken by Counsel representing some 160 victims of the pollution linked…
Bureau of International Recycling Appoint Tyre Chairman
BIR announced in mid-June that Mr Max Craipeau, CEO of Greencore Resources in Hong Kong (previously known as Maxco Industries (HK)…
Recytyre Continues to Grow Recycling in Belgium
In 2018, 86,575 tonnes of ELT were collected in Belgium, compared to 83,703 tonnes in 2017. More…