Seoul, Korea-based Hankook Tire and YASE leather shoe company recently embarked on a ‘zero – leave nothing behind’ project with commitment to sustainable material and environmental protection. As part of its commitment to sustainability and environmental protection, Hankook chose footwear as collaboration item noting that both tires and shoes share common traits of playing a […]

Recycled materials focus of current research The NCAT Test Track is a national research proving ground for asphalt pavements located at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) at Auburn University in Alabama. The test track itself is a 1.7 mile oval with experimental sections sponsored by highway agencies and the transportation industry. It’s the […]

This article gives an overview of recent development trends regarding options for upgrading the tire-derived oil (TDO) with chemical and physical techniques. Pyrolysis processes are an efficient, viable and sustainable approach for converting end-of-life tires (ELT) into oil, value-added gas and recovered carbon black (rCB).  Advances in industrial scale production, including product quality, production efficiency, […]

Carousel USA’s out-of-the-box thinking combined with CalRecycle’stechnical and testing support has created a new high value use forrecycled tire rubber in the vehicle turntable and rotating platform market. Carousel USA’s primary business is manufacturing vehicle turntables. Starting with residential turntables in 2004, the Fontana, California company is a full-service turntable company designing, engineering and installing […]

THE INDUSTRY IS GETTING BACK TOGETHER OCTOBER 4th-7th IN PITTSBURGH, PA The International Elastomer Conference provides many valuable learning, business and networking opportunities. It is the one place, one time of year, where you find the best of our industry all under one roof. It’s been too long since we’ve all been together. Don’t miss […]

Slip resistant, ADA compliant and extremely permeable; perkEpave is made with recycled tire rubber and specified by the Department of Transportation as a flexible porous paving for the safe routes to school program. It is crack resistant and used for sidewalks, tree surrounds, playgrounds, and driveways in many communities across the USA. The city of […]

K.B. Industries UK Ltd, sellers and installers of KBI’s Flexi®-Pave since 2010 has joined the ever-expanding Atlantic Power and Infrastructure Corp.’s ( API) portfolio of rapidly expanding international entities. Based in South Yorkshire, England, K.B. Industries UK Ltd have independently been selling and installing KBI’s Flexi®-Pave and it’s related products since 2010. K.B. Industries UK […]

Recycled tire rubber fill enhances use in stormwater management Water, Mitch Whitson will tell you, is why his company, California Filtration Specialists (CFS), exists. More specifically, protecting this valuable resource, particularly in California, is what CFS was founded on. The Escondido, CA-based firm designs and builds sustainable solutions and products for managing stormwater, improving green […]