Collections Call: Major Ont. used tire collection companies facing $200K fines for regulation non-compliance
Toronto, Ontario — Five major tire collection businesses in Ontario have run afoul of the province’s recycling regulator, according to reporting from the CBC, with each of the named companies now facing the prospect of six-figure fines. Ontario’s Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA) has officially called out five companies responsible for the collection of […]
Rubber Rooms: Australian researchers develop concrete alternative from old tires
Adelaide, Australia — Researchers from a pair of Australian universities say they have unlocked the building blocks to a new eco-friendly recycling solution for used vehicle tires—a solution involving literal building blocks. A collaboration between the University of Southern Australia (UniSA) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has demonstrated that crumb rubber sourced […]