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Tyre kingpin wants to export 700,000 tyres for recycling
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. ...
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Labour calls for Minister to front up over old tyres
June 19, 2015
Radio New Zealand National: Checkpoint The Environment Minister is rubbishing claims by the Labour Party that he is scuttling a new scheme to recycle old ...
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'Years wasted' after Government does U-Turn
June 19, 2015
The Government wasted time and money after “puncturing” a tyre recycling scheme, the Opposition’s environment spokeswoman says. A new scheme to safely recycle thousands of ...
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Autofile – ELTs meeting called for
June 18, 2015
The Tyrewise Working Group has called for a meeting with Environment Minister Nick Smith and the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) on the way forward ...
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Breeding grounds for mosquitoes – Dengue fever
June 18, 2015
According to an article in the Borneo Post, reducing dengue fever cases in Borneo boils down to not providing them with ‘five-star hotels’ to breed ...
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Hamilton's tyre saga – pressure mounts on central gov't
June 15, 2015
Pressure is mounting on Hamiltons MPs to lead action on used tyres, with community leaders saying central government needs to show leadership over the vexed ...
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Ruling Punctures Tyres Project
June 5, 2015
Industry experts are angry with a government decision to not give tyres special status, which in turn has scuppered plans to roll out a recycling scheme. The news was announced at ...
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ELT Mgmt: Regulatory Mis-steps, Mistakes, Makeovers
June 3, 2015
ELT Management: Regulatory Mis-steps, Mistakes, MakeoversPresented to the Tyre Industry Summit 2015 by Glenn Maidment, President of the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada Top ...
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Not a Good Look
June 3, 2015
It is disappointing to hear that government has decided to not proceed with the declaration of tyres as a “priority product” under the Waste Minimisation ...
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