With our increasing driving population, the demand for local tyres has grown. The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) and its members Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear and Sumitomo Rubber SA are leading the way in improving the industry’s impact on the environment. The industry is currently focusing on four main areas of improvement: proper mutilation and … [Read more...]
Retire your tyres for furniture
How about transforming unsightly trash into attractive and practical furniture for outside or inside your home? This is what one entrepreneur, Wayne Kruger, is doing with creative flair and endless innovation. Retyre Furniture sources old tyres lying around in the environment, or discarded by tyre concerns and transforms them into chairs, couches, swings and other quirky … [Read more...]
Tyre Recycling Plan Withdrawn With Immediate Effect
The integrated waste-tyre management plan, which we reported on last week, has been withdrawn after concerns over how the plan was gazetted, were raised by the industry. This plan was meant to generate an estimated 15 000 local jobs and see an end to South Africa’s escalating tyre pollution problem. Acting in Ms Molewa’s stead while she attended the World Economic Forum … [Read more...]
