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A recent effort to smuggle illegal goods was prevented by Pakistan's Collectorate of Customs Appraisement (West), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Karachi. They claimed that the cargo of illegal goods had a value of Rs 453 million.

Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum), a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tires (ELT) based on its patented pyrolysis technology, is closing material cycles together with BASF SE and Mercedes-Benz AG. For this purpose, Pyrum supplies the cooperation partner BASF SE with pyrolysis oil, which is used in combination with biomethane as a raw material in the production of virgin plastics for Mercedes-Benz vehicle components.

BlackCycle – the research project coordinated by Michelin and aimed to enable a massive circular economy of tires by designing world-first processes to produce new tires from end-of-life tires (ELTs) – is now followed by WhiteCycle project.

The new Extended Producer Responsibility for Waste Tyre Policy, released on July 23 by India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, has given the country's retreading industry a huge boost by recognizing retreaders as a necessary element of the waste tyre management system and by including retreading as an integral part of the Policy.

The All India Rubber & Tyre Recycling Association's (AIRTRA) Vice President, Vishesh Agarwal, was interviewed by Tyre & Rubber Recycling Correspondent Satnam Singh for Episode 34 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast. Watch Vishesh talk about the future of EPR and tyre pyrolysis in India as well as his work with AIRTRA.

LD Carbon, a waste treatment and raw material recycling company from South Korea, announced on August 16th that it had succeeded in attracting 15 million USD of “Series A” investment. In this “Series A” of LD Carbon, Value System Asset Management participated as an anchor investor, and four investment institutions, including Korea Investment & Securities Co., Pentastone Investment & Elohim Partners, participated.

Chile's Ministry of Environment published the first decree linked to Law 20,920 in January 2021, which states that by 2030, all tires on mining trucks with 45-inch or larger tires must be recycled 100 percent. The gradual implementation of tire recycling in mining must start in 2023.

According to News & Star magazine, members of the public have spoken with developers about the possibility of submitting a planning request for two pyrolysis facilities north of Carlisle, UK. In July, members of the public and the Rockcliffe parish council examined the public consolation for a "sustainable eco-project" of two facilities proposed for the Rockcliffe Northwest Recycling Centre – one for plastics and one for tires.

Bolder Industries, Inc., the circular solutions provider for rubber, plastics, and petrochemical supply chains, and Liberty Tire, the largest tire collector and recycler in the U.S., U.S.-owned by ECP, a leading energy transition investor, completed a formal agreement outlining their North American partnership.