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Suspended sentence for illegal tyre storage, export

A Chesterfield man received a suspended prison sentence after illegally storing thousands of tyres and transporting some of them to Vietnam. Andrew Revell appeared at Derby Crown Court on 27 January and admitted five charges in relation to an illegal waste operation called Revco Recycling Limited, which he ran from a unit on the former GKN site in Sheepsbridge, Chesterfield. The case was brought against Revell by the Environment Agency, and the 50-year old was sentenced to a 12 month prison sentence suspended for two years on each of the five charges, ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay full court costs of £9,578.75.

31st January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

South African tyre recycling plan withdrawn

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A controversial plan to introduce a levy on new tyres to pay for the recycling and collection of used rubber has been halted by the South African government. The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative (REDISA) Waste Tyre Management Plan, which would mean a 2.3 rand (19p) per kilogramme charge on new tyres, had been approved and was open for registration by the end of January.

26th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

South Africa gears up for waste tyre levy

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Tyre manufacturers, transporters, dealers and processers in South Africa have until January 31 to register for the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative (REDISA) Waste Tyre Management Plan, which was approved by the country’s Department of Water and Environmental Affairs in November 2011. Registration is compulsory and is required for calculating a new levy intended to cover the cost of end of life tyres. The levy will take effect as of 1 February 2012.

18th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Vipal takes journalists and recyclers to Portugal track event

Retreading

Borrachas Vipal recently brought together more than 60 journalists and recycling business representatives at a road test event held in Portugal. Members of the Asociación Nacional de Profesionales de los Pneumáticos (Anirp) [National Association of Tyre Professionals] as well as Portuguese journalists all took part. The aim of the event was to bring together media professionals to test cars and lorries that use recycled tyres.

13th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

South Africa to introduce waste tyre levy

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South Africa is on the verge of introducing a levy on all tyres manufactured in, or imported into the country in order to finance the creation of a waste tyre collection network. REDISA (Recycling Economic Development Initiative of South Africa) is a government approved scheme to establish a sustainable waste tyre collection infrastructure for South Africa. The financial levy of Rand 2.3 (0.22 Euros) per kilogram of manufactured or imported product, will apply to all tyres, including those fitted to imported equipment, from the beginning of February this year.

12th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Eldan introduces mining tyre recycling system

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Eldan Recycling has developed tyre recycling equipment that enables owners to process whole car and truck tyres including super singles and even OTR and mining tyres. De-beading of the tyres is not required prior to processing. The company uses a modular approach, which covers all customer requirements on equipment to process at different levels down the “recycling road” including production of shreds, chips, granulate and powder – all having their own platform within recycling. The various standard plants are “multi-size”, which give the customer total control over the production of a various range of output sizes. By a simple and quick change of the screen combinations in the machines a different range of output sizes is produced.

6th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Doncaster siblings jailed after tyre fire

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Two siblings from Doncaster who ran an illegal waste tyre business which was later destroyed in an arson attack were sentenced to nine months in prison at Sheffield Crown Court on 23 December 2011. Jane Hopkins (45) and David Squire (31) both received the sentence. Between them Jane Hopkins and David Squire had pleaded guilty to six charges related to the illegal storage of tyres.

Tyretrade Ltd held an environmental permit since September 2008, but, according to the Environment Agency (EA) had never operated within its terms, as there was always more than the agreed number of tyres on their Whitlea Grove site. The company came to the attention of the EA on 13 January 2009 when Environment Agency officers visited the site and told Hopkins and Squire that action would be taken to revoke their permit on the 30th of that month if steps were not taken to reduce the amount of tyres. Three days later Hopkins, Squire, and Tyretrade Ltd were convicted at Doncaster Magistrates Court, for previous offences related to the depositing, keeping and treating of tyres. They both received conditional discharges of two years. The company was fined a total of £24,000. The company then went into voluntary liquidation.

4th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

City Bin saves time and money with Fleetmatics

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FleetMatics, a provider of fleet management solutions for commercial fleet vehicles, has announced that The City Bin Co., based in Dublin, Ireland, has selected FleetMatics to deliver GPS monitoring solutions to improve operational efficiency while reducing costs.

The City Bin Co. was founded with the concept of providing "cheaper, greener and easier" waste management and recycling services. "With 28 vehicles, the reasons for implementing a vehicle tracking system were simple," says City Bin Operations Director Niamh Bray. "I wanted to know where certain trucks were going and be able to plan routes to prevent any overlap."

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19th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pyreco continues £85 million tyre pyrolisis plans

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Pyreco, the company behind the proposed Teeside tyre pyrolisis plant, have given a series of presentations to potential suppliers. Richard Tweddle, manager of Pyreco addressed members of the Energy and Environmental Industries Forum this week (12 December), to discuss plans for its planned £85 million pyrolysis plant.

The plant, which will be the first of its kind in Europe will be situated in Wilton on Teesside, and will use specialist technology to deconstruct tyres into their constituent parts, including carbon black, steel, oil and gas.

14th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Vipal directs European course with Spanish recycled tyre association

Retreading

Brazilian retread material and tyre repair manufacturer Vipal has hosted a course in Europe. The even was run in conjunction with Universidad Miguel Hernández and Asociación Española de Neumáticos Reciclados (the Spanish recycled tyres association).

One of the objectives of the inaugural course in Elche, Spain, was to provide participants with a general overview of the techniques involved in recycling tyres, with a particular focus on common problems and methods for avoiding them. Held at the end of October, this event launched activities that are part of the course entitled “Research and Training regarding Recycling Tyres” that has become part of the Mechanical Engineering degree offered by the University.

8th December 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Pallmann, GMN begin recycling machinery JV

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German machine manufacturer the Pallmann Group and Spanish tyre recycler Gestión Mediambiental de Neumáticos – otherwise known as GMN – have begun a partnership for developing, building and selling complete tyre shredding and reprocessing plants. These products will be marketed under the Ecotrec name and encompass all modules necessary for recycling car and truck tyres; these include Pallmann’s shredders (the Lion and Tiger units), granulators (Panther), and separators (Eco-Sep), as well as complete conveyor and control technology, including appropriate know-how. Initially the companies will focus on marketing the product line in Europe and North America.

21st November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

UAE’s largest tyre recycling plant enters service

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In November, the largest tyre recycling plant in the United Arab Emirates officially opened. The facility, in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, was set up by Danish recycling machinery specialist Eldan Recycling and can process up to 8,000 kilograms of old tyres per hour and produces granulate between 0.5 and 4 millimetres.

16th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Council rejects Envirotyre plant submission

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Plans submitted by Envirotyre UK to set up a tyre recycling plant in Sutterton, Lincolnshire have been rejected by Lincolnshire County Council. The Spalding Guardian reported on November 7 that despite recommendations from planning officers that Envirotyre should be granted conditional planning permission, the council’s planning and regulation committee decided to go against their advice. A stated reason for this decision was concerns about fire hazards and contamination of a nearby Anglian Water reservoir.

7th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Up to 5,000 tyres dumped in Menai Bridge, Anglesey

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A 3,000 to 5,000 tyre illegal dump has been discovered on Anglesey. According to BBC reports, the Environment Agency raided the site in Menai Bridge and also executed a search warrant at an address in Llangefni. The report said the tyres were being stored and sorted at Menai Bridge before being exported to Ghana.

24th October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone details spending with aircraft, mining expansion plans

Career Tracks

Bridgestone has followed up its September “major strategic investment” announcement, detailing the $1.2 billion it will spend on OTR production facilities in North Carolina, with more details that suggest record spending levels to meet rising demand in emerging markets. The corporation released its Mid-term Management Plan 2011, covering the period 2012-2016 in which it set a target of a 6 per cent return on assets next year. The plan detailed “measures for expanding sales of strategic tyre products and improving its sales mix, maximizing operational rationalization, and thoroughly streamlining company assets.”

21st October 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

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