Forever recyclable novel plastic thanks to old tyres
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 06:02
in Earth & Climate
Tyres are well suited for recycling. They are easy to collect and do not require any costly sorting process. However, in Europe, still only about 50% of the tyres are recycled. The rest is incinerated or disposed of in landfills. There is still room for improvement to reach the highest international tyre recycling levels. Among the most active, "certain areas in Canada are excellent; for example [in] Alberta, they use all of their tyres for material recycling," says Valerie Shulman, Secretary General of the European Tyre Recycling Association ETRA, in Brussels, Belgium.