China to Generate 200 million End-of-Life Tyres by 2010

China Tyre Retreading, Repairing and Recycling Association statistics show that the number of end-of-life (ELT) tyres discarded in the People’s Republic grew from 32 million in 2000 to 150 million in 2007, while the raw weight of ELTs increased from 12 thousand tons to 3.1 million tons. The association predicts China will generate 200 million waste tyres by 2010, however with the new tyre to retread rate in recent years staying between 4 and 7 per cent it is difficult to say how many of these will be retreaded.