TY - GEN
T1 - Whole Tyre and Crumb Tyre Rubber Utilization, Global Trends, and Markets
AU - Nkosi, Nhlanhla
AU - Belaid, Mohamed
AU - Nhubu, Trust
AU - Muzenda,
AU - Mbohwa, Charles
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The usage of automotive tyres is an important resource since transportation is critical to a country’s economic and social growth. The global demand for motor vehicle tyres for 2022 is reported to have reached 3.2 billion units. However, end-of-life tyres (ELT) have presented themselves as environmental burdens due to their complex structure and composition, resulting in disposal and recycling challenges. Consequently, many developed and developing countries have established laws and regulations to channel ELT into various material recovery initiatives. This work aims to review all the different methodologies (such as ambient grinding, cryogenic grinding, wet grinding, etc.) utilized by developed nations like the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), and Japan that have yielded successful recovery rates in several waste tyre material recovery management options. Affirmatively, developing countries such as South Africa and Brazil have adapted a similar approach to divert significant quantities of ELT away from landfills. This article concluded that various waste tyre material recovery management options exist and are practically feasible for both developed and developing nations; however, their final product application is dependent on market availability and acceptability of waste tyre-derived products.
AB - The usage of automotive tyres is an important resource since transportation is critical to a country’s economic and social growth. The global demand for motor vehicle tyres for 2022 is reported to have reached 3.2 billion units. However, end-of-life tyres (ELT) have presented themselves as environmental burdens due to their complex structure and composition, resulting in disposal and recycling challenges. Consequently, many developed and developing countries have established laws and regulations to channel ELT into various material recovery initiatives. This work aims to review all the different methodologies (such as ambient grinding, cryogenic grinding, wet grinding, etc.) utilized by developed nations like the European Union (EU), the United States of America (USA), and Japan that have yielded successful recovery rates in several waste tyre material recovery management options. Affirmatively, developing countries such as South Africa and Brazil have adapted a similar approach to divert significant quantities of ELT away from landfills. This article concluded that various waste tyre material recovery management options exist and are practically feasible for both developed and developing nations; however, their final product application is dependent on market availability and acceptability of waste tyre-derived products.
KW - Grinding processes
KW - Material recovery
KW - South Africa
KW - Waste tyres
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85199146136&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-97-0372-2_52
DO - 10.1007/978-981-97-0372-2_52
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85199146136
SN - 9789819703715
T3 - Environmental Science and Engineering
SP - 627
EP - 647
BT - Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Engineering - Selected Papers from the 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environment Engineering CFEEE 2023
A2 - Wen, Fushuan
A2 - Zhu, Jizhong
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 2nd International Conference on Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Engineering, CFEEE 2023
Y2 - 1 September 2023 through 3 September 2023
ER -