Retreading important for conserving rubber resources, says Chinese association
Speaking with Chinese new site China Economic Net, Zhu Jun, head of the China Tyre Retreading, Repairing & Recycling Association, has highlighted the waste created by China’s low rate of retreading. Zhu Jun stated that, according to statistics at hand, in 2009 more than 230 million waste and end of life tyres were generated in China; of this only 13 million – some five per cent – were considered retreadable.