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Peter Taylor Receives OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

Peter Taylor the Tyre Recycling Association’s secretary general and long time director of the Imported Tyre Manufacturers Association (ITMA) has been awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in a move which is seen as honouring the UK tyre industry’s pioneering work in developing a ground breaking tyre recovery and recycling programme.

“I am absolutely delighted to receive this important honour,” said Peter Taylor: “However without the help and support of other members of the tyre industry and its various trade associations we would not have been able to establish the Responsible Recycler Scheme and make it work as effectively as it does. I am happy to accept this honour on behalf of the UK tyre industry.”

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Kwik-Fit Wins 2009 Reponsible Retailer Award

Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) has named Kwik-Fit as the winner of the 2009 Responsible Recycler Award. The award is presented each year to a tyre retailer who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to innovation and best practice in the field of tyre recycling. In choosing Kwik-Fit for this year’s accolade the association wished to acknowledge the company’s ground-breaking reverse logistics programme whereby the delivery of new tyres to Kwik-Fit centres and the recovery of waste casings are integrated into a simple activity. This combined delivery and collection function saves on delivery and transport costs with the added security of caged delivery.

The award was presented by newly-elected TRA president, Barry Stocker. Speaking after the presentation of the award David White, Kwik-Fit’s customer services director expressed his delight at being this year’s recipient. He said: “This was truly a ‘first’ in the industry and whilst I was delighted to collect the award on Kwik-Fit’s behalf the accolade should really go to Ann Macreadie and Neil Arnott, the people at Kwik-Fit who despite many challenges stuck diligently to the plan and of course I must mention Ceva logistics and Murfitts, for without their tireless efforts it would never have been possible.”

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Tyre Recovery Professionals turn out in Force for “Successful” Event

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Taking place on Friday 15 May in the conference rooms of the Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth, the Tyre Recovery Association’s annual Forum Day was labelled a “success”, having attracted a populous audience of recycling professionals, which remained in place throughout all of the afternoon’s speakers. In addition to introductory remarks by Peter Taylor, the TRA’s secretary general, and chairman of the British Tyre Manufacturers’ Association, Mark Brickhill, the day featured a wide variety of tyre recovery presentations – ranging from French collection methods at Aliapur to the potential of pyrolysis – focused by the theme of “Innovation and Opportunity”.

For his part, Brickhill was keen to stress the quality of recycling in the tyre industry within his keynote introduction, stating that it is currently “top class”. He also referenced the continuing themes of increased regulation, the environmental theme that is very much entrenched within the industry in the widest sense – particularly when one considers the omnipresence of rolling resistance – and the continued emphasis on safety.

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Fourth Michelin Sustainable Development Report Published

Michelin has released the fourth edition of the Michelin Performance and Responsibility report, its document outlining the company’s commitment to balanced development. This year the report is organised around the five stages in a tyre’s life: design, raw material purchases, manufacture, sale and use, and end-of-life recovery. The information contained within the document, says Michelin, comes from lifecycle analyses conducted to measure the tyre’s environmental impact, and its objective is to demonstrate that this commitment to responsible development is fully integrated into all Michelin projects and initiatives.

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Sapphire Merges With Glacier

Sapphire Energy Recovery – now fully-owned by Lafarge Cement UK following a buy-out of joint venture shares from Michelin Tyre plc – has restructured in what it describes as “an aim to operate closer to the sources of waste and further improve customer service.” The business has completed a merger with sister Lafarge resource recovery company Glacier, which was dedicated to sourcing alternative raw materials and fuels for the cement business. The Glacier name will go, and the new company will operate across the waste spectrum with one management team.

Headed by General Manager Jamie Randall, the new-look Sapphire Energy Recovery will continue to serve the tyre recovery market, and even has plans for growth despite the current downturn. Thanks to recent new contracts, it expects to process well over 18 million tyres in 2009; a significant increase on previous years’ averages of 16 million.

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New BTMA Chief Executive Named

After more than 12 years chief executive of the BTMA (and BRMA as it was known previously), John Dorken is retiring. His successor, Graham Willson, brings 30 years of industry experience to the association having worked in both vehicle construction and more recently in tyre manufacturing. Wilson will take up the position from 1 May 2009.

BTMA chairman, Mark Brickhill commented: “John has made a major contribution to the industry over the years and has guided the association through many changes. He was instrumental in setting up the Tyre Industry Federation which works to align all the industry’s stakeholders including the National Tyre Distributors Association and Tyre Recovery Association. We will miss his extensive knowledge and considerable expertise. However, I am excited by the appointment of Graham to this important mission. Graham joins us from Michelin and has previously helped the Association in obtaining relief from the climate change levy. Our industry faces great challenges at this time and the Association’s role has never been more important.”

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Michelin Sells Share in Sapphire Energy Recovery

Michelin Tyre plc has announced the sale of its share in the Sapphire Energy Recover joint venture. The company, established in 2001 by Michelin together with cement and aggregate producer Lafarge, is now solely owned by Lafarge.

The decision to move Sapphire to sole ownership was made, says Michelin, once the business had successfully achieved its objective of developing a healthy and viable end-of-life process for used tyres. Sapphire provides the items to the cement industry as a waste-derived fuel, and the tyre maker adds that a sustainable market that benefits both tyre manufacturers and cement producers has now been created.

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National Is TRA Retailer of the Year

National Tyres and Autocare has received the ‘Retailer of the Year’ award by the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) for “demonstrating consistent concern for the responsible recycling of end of life tyres.” Gary Pugh, group audit director for the Axle Group, which includes National Tyres and Autocare, National Fleet and Viking International, accepted the award from John Campbell, director, Vellco Limited, National’s waste management partner.

“National, working together with Vellco Limited, will achieve a zero carbon footprint during 2009, which supports our overall goal of minimising environmental impact in all the varying processes in which the company is involved,” Pugh commented.

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TIF Challenges Decision to Drop Used Tyre Statutory Reporting

In response to Defra’s second consultation document on waste controls, the Tyre Industry Federation (TIF) is urging the government to reconsider its decision to drop its proposal for statutory reporting for used tyre disposal. The government floated the idea of introducing statutory reporting for used tyre recovery in 2005, before elaborating in more detail in its first consultation document on waste controls last year. In its second document the government reported that only 10 out of the 35 responses referring to this proposal supported it.

TIF points out that is was amongst those in favour. The government went on to say that enhanced reporting requirements would represent an additional cost to businesses and it considered that the limited effect that the requirements would have on levels of fly-tipped tyres would not outweigh the additional burden to businesses. In commenting on its stance John Dorken, Secretary of the Federation, said: “It is ridiculous for the government to have rejected the proposal on the grounds that the burden to the industry outweighed the benefits when the TIF, as the voice of the whole industry, has strongly supported it.”

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Lafarge Appoints New Overall Recovery Logistics Manager

Clive Roberts has become Supply Chain Manager for Lafarge Cement’s resource recovery businesses, Sapphire Energy Recovery and Glacier, the first time such a role has existed across the two businesses. Roberts will be responsible for coordinating and managing movements of materials for both businesses, in an effort to streamline activity and improve customer service. He will be based at the resource recovery businesses’ head office at Cauldon, Staffordshire.

The role will initially focus on making further improvements to collections and deliveries for the tyre recovery business, Sapphire Energy Recovery, which manages collection and processing of tyres disposed of in cement kilns across the UK.

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Kingpin and Fraser Evans Lose Responsible Recycler Status

Kingpin Tyres Limited has lost its accreditation under the Tyre Industry Federation’s Responsible Recycler Scheme. A statement issued by the Tyre Recovery Association explained that the accreditation has been rescinded effective 31 July 2008.

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Peter Gaster Named as New TIF Chairman

Peter Gaster has been appointed chairman of the Tyre Industry Federation (TIF), following the federation’s AGM in London last week. Gaster is also current chairman of the National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA) and has represented the NTDA on the TIF Board since it joined the organisation three years ago.

“It is a great honour for me to take on this pivotal role in the UK tyre industry and I look forward to representing the varied interests of the industry as TIF’s chairman. NTDA continues to be totally supportive of the objectives of the TIF and I will ensure that TIF’s key role, as a forum to bring together the various sectors of our industry in the interests of better communication and understanding, continues to be the cornerstone of the organisation,” Peter Gaster commented.

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TRA Forum Day Proving Popular

The Tyre Recovery Association annual Forum Day on 23 January at the Marriott Renaissance Solihull is already heavily subscribed, according to the association. As a result, the organisers have announced that pre-registration is essential for those planning to come. There is no charge for the day’s event which also includes a light lunch. To pre-register contact Christine Joyce on 020 7457 5040.

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Bandvulc Joins the TRA

Bandvulc Tyres based in Ivybridge, South Devon has joined the TRA membership and committed to active participation in the Tyre Industry Federation’s Responsible Recycler Scheme. Commenting, TRA Secretary General, Peter Taylor said members “would look to Bandvulc to bring their considerable expertise and insight into a very important area of tyre recovery”.

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Ireland Introduces new Tyre Recycling Regulations

As of January 2008 greater responsibility for waste tyres will be placed upon tyre manufacturers, suppliers, traders and retailers in the Republic of Ireland. This increased accountability comes courtesy of a new piece of legislation, the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007, signed by Ireland’s Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, John Gormley, on October 4.

Approximately 3 million tyres make their way onto Ireland’s roads each year and an estimated 35,000 tonnes of waste tyres are generated annually. “It is time that we had a proper database on this waste stream and I believe the new system that my Department has agreed with the tyre industry will effectively address that deficiency,” commented Mr. Gormley. “These new regulations will now provide a proper regulatory framework for comparing quantities of waste tyres arising with the amounts placed on the market and for tracking the movement of waste tyres from the time they are discarded until they are either reused or processed for recycling.”

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