tires Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Environment + Energy Leader

World’s Largest Tire Recycling Facility Opens

May 6, 2014May 8, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Tire recycling company Genan has opened a $140 million plant in Houston with the capacity to recycle approximately 10 million passenger car tire equivalents a year. Genan, which extracts and produces rubber granulate (crumb rubber), rubber powder and steel from scrap tires, says its new facility is the largest of its ... Read more »

EWS Debuts Lower Carbon Tire Recycling Process

February 11, 2014February 26, 2014 by Leon Walker

A tire recycling process designed by Environmental Waste International emits 12,166 metric tons fewer carbon dioxide equivalents compared to incineration, and 3,136 metric tons fewer CO2e compared to the production of crumb rubber, according to results reported by consultancy Pinchin Environmental. According to the Rubber Manufacturers Association approximately 45 percent of ... Read more »

Bridgestone Plant Receives First-Ever Zero Waste To Landfill Validation

January 10, 2014January 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Bridgestone Americas’ Wilson, NC passenger and light truck tire manufacturing plant has achieved Underwriters Laboratories’ (UL) landfill waste diversion claim validation for zero waste to landfill. Zero waste to landfill is the highest claim validation UL gives for landfill waste diversion, which is performed and delivered by UL Environment, a ... Read more »

Braskem, Genomatica to Develop Green Chemical

December 19, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Biopolymer producer Braskem and Genomatica, a biotechnology company, have signed an agreement for the joint development of a new technology for the production of butadiene from renewable feedstocks. Braskem says its objective with the green chemical is to primarily serve the synthetic rubber market, whose demand is currently met by ... Read more »

Waste Tire Recycling Facility Moves Forward

November 25, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Environmental Waste International (EWS) says it has completed a continuous four-day (100-hour) run of its TR-900 waste tire recycling facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. This doubles the previous record announced in June. The company says this four-day run is a milestone toward continuous 24/7 operation of its waste tire ... Read more »

Contract Wins: ABB, Tetra Tech, Harsco, GBB

July 10, 2013 by Leon Walker

ABB has won a contract to supply chargers for more than 200 nationwide Fastned electric vehicle fast-charging stations in the Netherlands. The roll-out will bring a charging station within 50 kilometers of all 16.7 million inhabitants in the country. ABB will supply Fastned with 50 kW Terra 52 or Terra 53 ... Read more »

GM to Develop More Fuel-Efficient Tires

November 27, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Motors and its research partners will begin developing more fuel-efficient tires next year at the National Tire Research Center in Halifax County, Va., the automaker says. According to GM, tire design can help improve fuel efficiency by up to seven percent. A tire’s rolling resistance is determined by variations in ... Read more »

Hertz Starts US-Wide Tire Recycling

October 29, 2012October 29, 2012 by Tamar Wilner

Hertz and Liberty Tire Recycling have launched what they call the first nationwide tire recycling program in the U.S. car rental industry. Hertz says the program also makes it the first to commit to zero landfill waste for tires. Under the program, Hertz will use Liberty’s nationwide service to collect ... Read more »

Goodyear Uses Soybean Oil to Reduce Petroleum in Tires

August 15, 2012August 15, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company researchers say that using soybean oil in tires can potentially increase tread life by 10 percent and reduce the tiremaker’s use of petroleum-based oil by up to 7 million gallons each year. In addition, testing at Goodyear’s tire plant in Lawton, Oklahoma showed improved mixing ... Read more »

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

E+E Leader delivered to your inbox

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY! NEXT TIME LET US COME TO YOU:

Sign up for our newsletter