Research into the use of tyres in NZ roads
Tyrewise
October 6, 2021
Research carried out by WSP New Zealand Ltd for Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency on the use of end-of-life tyres in roads was recently published.
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Upgraded cement plant crucial to solving NZ’s waste tyre problem
Tyrewise
March 30, 2021
The newly upgraded Golden Bay Cement plant in Whangarei is a critical piece of infrastructure needed for the overall success of the tyre stewardship scheme.
Innovative thinking for end-of-life tyres
Tyrewise
September 25, 2018
Finding innovative uses for products at the end of their lives is key to solving waste issues and moving to a circular economy. Researchers at the University of Canterbury are a
Central Canterbury one step closer to pyrolysis plant
Tyrewise
April 30, 2018
The Selwyn District Council has given approval to lease its land for a pyrolysis plant at the Pines Recovery Park in Burnham, outside Rolleston. However, the approval is pending a bond
Old tyres – making footpaths that help water trees
Tyrewise
February 9, 2018
Who would have thought? New research from the University of Melbourne and Tasmanian company Merlin Site Services has found a way of recycling old tyres and using them to create urban
Paul Henry with Greens MP Julie Anne Genter
Tyrewise
October 28, 2015
Paul Henry talks to Greens MP Julie Anne Genter in response to the Environment Minister Nick Smith’s offer of funding grants for new ideas to recycle end-of-life tyres. Listen to the segment
Grants offered for tyre recycling ideas
Tyrewise
October 27, 2015
Source: New Zealand Herald article Environment Minister Nick Smith is offering funding grants for new ideas to recycle about three million old tyres each year that currently end up at the
Waste tyres economic research
Tyrewise
July 30, 2015
Waste tyres economic research: Intervention options to promote investment in on-shore waste tyres recycling In 2014, the Ministry for the Environment commissioned KPMG to research economic barriers to tyre recycling in
Bridgestone leads way in NZ tyre recycling
Tyrewise
July 29, 2015
Bridgestone has signed a breakthrough agreement to collect and recycle waste tyres from its stores throughout the North Island of New Zealand. The agreement with Pacific Rubber covers all of Bridgestone’s
Tyre kingpin wants to export 700,000 tyres for recycling
Tyrewise
June 22, 2015
At the end of a long driveway, hidden from sight in King Country, an Everest of torn, bald and stinking tyres grows day by day. Its owner, Alvin Cobb, estimated about
Collaboration required on tyre solution according to 3R
Tyrewise
May 18, 2015
New Zealand’s track record with end-of-life tyres is littered with good intentions, dubious science and failed investments. While some businesses are safely recycling tyres, these are the exception rather than the
Making tyre recycling sustainable and profitable
Tyrewise
April 16, 2015
Has an Aussie start-up cracked how to make tyre recycling sustainable and profitable? The ballooning menace of highly toxic and often illegal used tyre dumps sprouting-up across Australia could soon literally
