What happens when a tire is no longer usable? Where does it go? Join the Into The Outdoors Adventure Team  as this delightful, smart, well-spoken group of teens investigates sustainable solutions for scrap tires. The ITO Adventure Team travels to Michigan, Colorado and Minnesota to learn how scrap tire disposal is being managed.  In Minnesota […]

The facility in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan expected to be operational in early 2023 Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan (TSS), the stewardship program responsible for minimizing the impact of scrap tires in the province, has announced, CRM Rubber, a California-headquartered crumb rubber manufacturer, is investing in a new tire recycling center in the province.  The new plant […]

Privatization, more fees among proposals State Rep. Lanny Fite (R-Benton), sponsor of the 2017 Arkansas law that created the state’s tire program, plans to introduce legislation to dismantle it and privatize  collection, management, recycling and disposal of scrap tires in the state. Rather than having the state administer the program and levy a special fee […]

An example of rubber modified asphalt progress in 2022 was a collaboration between Georgia-based Lehigh Technologies and Michelin to resurface 6.3 miles of Georgia’s Lawrenceville Highway with Lehigh’s Rubber Modified Asphalt, made with recycled tire rubber powder. “We’ve paved miles of road using this technology, but what’s unique about this job is that it’s in […]

RubberForm has designed and developed a modular Bus Lane Curbing system to keep unauthorized vehicle traffic out of dedicated bus lanes, assist in the reduction of delays due to traffic congestion, and help raise the visibility of the high-quality transit service. “It’s the only bus curb manufactured in the USA and made with Next-Gen Recycled […]

EU announcement starts debate on the dispersal of microplastics from artificial turf fields with rubber granulate infill The EU Commission’s proposal for a complete ban of the use of rubber granulate in artificial turf pitches – with a 6-year phase-in period  has started political debate about the use of rubber granulate in artificial turf pitches, […]

Partnerships with two tire makers advance the use of recycled rubber Canadian tire derived product manufacturer Tyromer said that its recycled rubber material, produced through non-chemical extruder devulcanization of end-of-life tire rubber, is now being used by Continental Tire in the production of new tires. This is the result of a multi-year collaboration driven by […]

Bolder Industries Providing Circular Solutions  For ELTs Bolder Industries started with the goal of significantly reducing landfilling, drastically cutting emissions, water, and energy usage, and creating local jobs in an emerging industry. They do this by taking end-of-life tires, chemically breaking them down into their original product structures and take the solid chemicals and gaseous […]