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TYRES: New scheme for recycling old tyres
Tyre Stewardship Australia aims to improve country's low standing in tyre recycling practicesAustralia is setting its sights on leadership in tyre recycling – an area in which it has traditionally lagged behind many other countries.
Presently Australia only recycles about 16 per cent of the 48 million tyres discarded annually. This compares unfavourably with countries such as the USA, where 32 per cent of used tyres are recycled annually, or Europe, where the figure is 43 per cent.
The effort to improve this standing is being headed by the new Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme, which is operated under the auspices of the also newly-formed Tyre Stewardship Australia.
The Stewardship Scheme aims to develop new ways of dealing with the problem of used tyres, which are traditionally packed off for landfill, stockpiled, exported overseas or, in a worst case scenario, illegally dumped.
The Chairman of Tyre Stewardship Australia, Gerry Morvell, said the Scheme would have the multiple benefits of transforming a waste product into useful products, creating new industries and employment opportunities, while also reducing the environmental harm caused by illegal dumping.
Mr Morvell said current practices for disposing of end-of-life tyres were damaging the environment and creating health and fire hazards.
The Scheme will focus on promoting innovation in the use of tyre-derived products such as road surfacing, soft-fall playground surfacing, brake pads, industrial and commercial flooring – and even fuels.
In the making for “many years”, the Scheme is financially backed by tyre makers Michelin, Yokohama, Continental, Goodyear-Dunlop, Toyo and Pirelli, and has been authorised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Picture legend: Greg Hunt, Minister for the environment, launches Stewardship scheme, with Gerry Morvell in the background.
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