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EuRIC item tagged Tyres

Position papers

EuRIC urgently demands the European Commission to halt the export and incineration of tyres collected in Europe outside its borders

27 July 2023
EuRIC, the industry organization representing a significant majority of end-of-life tyre (ELT) recyclers across Europe, seeks to highlight the urgent and appalling situation that currently plagues this sector within the European Union (EU). The E...
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New product priorities for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products

16 May 2023
A review on the draft study published by the Joint Research Center (JRC) The European Recycling Industry strongly welcomes the focus placed by the European Commission (EU COM) on sustainable production – for a wide range of products – through the...
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Position Paper | A united tyre value chain calls for immediate EU-wide end-of-waste criteria for recycled rubber.

23 June 2022
EuRIC and ETRMA are pleased to see rubber recycled from end-of-life tyres among the “top 3” most suitable candidate streams for which to develop further EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria but further policy makers’ commitment is needed.
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EURIC and ETRMA call for the development of EU-wide End of Waste criteria for the End of Life Tyre-derived Rubber Waste Stream

27 October 2021
ETRMA and EuRIC are committed to support the European Commission in developing EU harmonized End of Waste (EoW) criteria. The rubber supply chain is ready for the next step in the advancement and uptake of the recycling of ELT-derived Rubber. Th...
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Revision of the ELV and 3R Type Approval Directives

27 October 2021
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC), welcomes the initiation of the Impact Assessment andrevision of both Directive 2000/53/EC on End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) and of the Directive 2005/64/EC on the type approval of motor vehicl...
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EuRIC Brochure on Mechanical Tyre Recycling highlighting its contribution towards circular economy and climate neutrality

01 December 2020
EuRIC Brochure presents key facts about end-of-life (ELT) mechanical tyre recycling, which is a major enabler of circularity and climate mitigation for the entire tyre value chain. The Brochure describes the current state of play of ELT managemen...
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EuRIC Factsheet - LCA Tyre Recycling Environmental Benefits

03 July 2020
LCA study demonstrates positive climate and environmental benefits of the recycling of end-of-life tyres for artificial turf pitches.
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EuRIC Comment on Tyre Ecodesign to Boost Circular Economy

20 April 2020
Tyres are becoming more and more sophisticated. Yet, they are still perishable and have to be recycled when reaching end of life stage.
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EuRIC call for Recycled Plastic Content in Cars

24 February 2020
By turning waste into valuable resources and hence saving massive amounts of GHG and energy, plastics recycling is at the core of the circular economy. Automotive plastics’ recyclers have developed during the last decades state-of-art post-treatme...
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Implementation of Best Practices in Synthetic Turfs

24 February 2020
It is a report on ‘Implementation of Best Practices in synthetic turfs to avoid the release of microplastics from rubber granulate into the environment’. The report describes the most conventional best practices that have been implemented in ...
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Q&A Document on the Presence of PAH in Synthetic Turfs

08 November 2019
The document is divided into seven questions that develop on explaining what are PAHs, why are they present in synthetic turfs, and how safe it is to use those turfs regarding the low rate of exposure of PAHs for users, its environmental benefits,...
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