Continental has added recovered carbon black to its newly manufactured Super Elastic solid tires at the company’s Korbach, Germany facility, to reduce the use of fossil raw materials and simultaneously cut CO2 emissions. The recovered carbon black is supplied by Pyrum Innovations, a Continental partner company, and is obtained by breaking down end-of-life tires (ELTs) […]

They’re made to be workhorses on construction sites, parking areas and in traffic safety applications but Pretred Rubber Barriers are also sustainability stylish. Sustainable because Pretred barriers are made with 90 percent recycled tire rubber and 10 percent recycled plastic and other materials. Recycled tire rubber is used in both the core and the outer […]

UB Community Development LLC (UBCD), a subsidiary of United Bancorporation of Alabama (United Bank) based in Altmore, Alabama, announced that it will provide Ecore International Inc. with a $10 million Federal New Markets Tax Credit. Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based Ecore is repurposing and equipping a 225,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Ozark, Alabama, to recycle end-of-life truck tires and […]

New rubber sidewalks are going in around Kansas City Kansas City residents in certain neighborhoods are walking on unbroken, tree root-free sidewalks this fall. The city’s Public Works Department is installing new sidewalks made from recycled rubber in select areas around the city. It’s all part of the city’s effort to make the sidewalks last […]

Tire industry leaders Richard Smallwood, the retired president and CEO of Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc., and Mary Sikora, scrap tire recycling advocate and editor and publisher of Scrap Tire News, will be inducted this fall into Tire Industry Hall of Fame during the Tire Industry Honors awards ceremony Oct. in Las Vegas The two […]

Pirelli North America announced a new partnership with The Ray, a non-profit based in Atlanta that has helped to develop a net-zero highway testbed on an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in West Georgia, near the Pirelli factory in Rome. Pirelli said this partnership aims to advance research and solutions in areas such as technology […]

ESG report highlights progress in environmental stewardship and community engagement Liberty Tire Recycling, the largest North American provider of tire recycling services, has released its 2022 environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report, announcing a goal of zero waste by 2030 and describing company initiatives to advance sustainable products, accelerate environmental stewardship, and engage people and […]

Michigan scrap tire market development grant spurs promising growth for recycled tire rubber in the golf market The golf industry was very soft prior to Covid but experienced strong market growth during and since Covid as other markets were stalling out.  This uptick in golf was the catalyst for bringing industry and government together to […]