Tyre body allies with ASTM to set up global recycling standards
The European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) has partnered with ASTM International to develop global recycling standards on tyre recycling.
BRUSSELS (Scrap Monster): The European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA) has entered into partnership with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM International) to develop globally accepted standards on tyre recycling. Both groups have decided to hold separate session during ETRA’s annual conference in March next year and a series of meetings to decide upon the standards to be adopted for a range of recycled tyre products.
According to ETRA, the growth in global tyre recycling industry has been hampered by lack of uniform standard across various nations. Consumers of rubber materials are often found to encounter with various challenges with respect to specification standards and quality of products. ETRA will organize a presentation during the annual conference, which will be followed by a series of meetings. The meetings are open to all and free to attend. ETRA intends to develop global standards for a wide range of recycled tyre products including crumbs, powders and recovered carbon black.
The tyre recycling body will conduct meetings at three venues-Tampa, Florida; Vienna, Austria and Chicago, Illinois. The meetings at Tampa are scheduled to be held in December this year, whereas the meetings at the other two venues are slated for June next year.
ETRA is an independent, member-driven European Association open to those involved in the diverse activities that contribute to the ‘tyre recycling industry’. Today, ETRA is an independent European Association with membership of +250 tyre recycling professionals in 43 countries. ETRA is supported primarily through membership dues, research projects and programme sponsorship. ETRA members reflect both the public and private sectors involved in the environmentally safe treatment and use of post-consumer tyres.
Pennsylvania-headquartered ASTM International is a global standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards.