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The date has been set for the 4th edition of the annual SMG Seminar on the 5th February 2020

The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) and the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) have agreed to build cooperation by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU).

Kal Tire, the mining tyre specialist, has long been working on plans to recycle OTR tyres in Chile.

Querétaro 2019 has confirmed the presence of, SIGNUS, Director General,Gabriel Leal Serrano at the conference

The material recovery from scrap tyres in Germany has again increased, while thermal recycling continues to decline. 

The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued the first of a two part characterisation of crumb rubber used in artificial turf.

University of Zambia School of Engineering, Lecturer and Researcher, Dr. Sam Sichilalu, has developed an innovation designed to generate fuel from polymer waste such as discarded tyres, plastic, and rubber

The most infamous use of tyres in parts of Africa has been “the necklace”, used to punish apartheid informers in South Africa. The tactic was not confined to South Africa, but thankfully it has become a memory and Africans are looking at more constructive uses for end of life tyres.

At the beginning of 2019, a new processing plant with 6,000 m² of factory space was put into operation at Hubert Eing Kunststoffverwertung GmbH at their site in Gescher.

The second Tyre Recycling Forum at The Tire Cologne, 9^th – 12^th June 2020, will be a two-day open conference with eight panels of key interest to the tyre recycling sector and the tyre and rubber market.