Recycling/Scrap Tires
A Chicago couple will transform a pile of about 1,000 tires they found on their Michigan property into an Airbnb rental.
MUNICH — Recovered carbon black producer Pyrolyx A.G. has signed a non-binding letter of intent with Continental A.G. to set up a supply agreement for its recycled product.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation will host its 8th Biennial Scrap Tire Conference for Dec. 4-5 in Greenville.
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — ASTM International Committee D36, Recovered Carbon Black, has approved its first standard, which defines terms in the carbon black industry.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A bill before the Maryland General Assembly has added a new dimension to the controversy surrounding crumb rubber used as infill in synthetic athletic turf.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's waste tire program needs improvement in fund utilization, tracking, outreach and oversight, according to an audit performed by Utah's Office of the Legislative Auditor General.
WASHINGTON — The U.S Tire Manufacturers Association has published a sustainability report detailing U.S. tire makers' vision for sustainable manufacturing and the industry's progress in achieving the goal of a sustainable tire manufacturing industry.
DAVOS, Switzerland — Granulated rubber powder producer Lehigh Technologies has been recognized by the World Economic Forum for its "continued work upcycling end-of-life tire materials."
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The City of Memphis has brought back its Tire Redemption Program as a way of reducing the amount of illegal scrap tire dumping in the area.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden — A Swedish developer of a pyrolysis-based recovered carbon black process is advancing its tire recycling ambitions in the U.S. with the recent signing of a second deal to set up a tire pyrolysis joint venture in America.