The development of the tyre industry indicates that almost one billion tyres are manufactured worldwide every year.Nearly almost equal quantity of waste tyres is generated annually. How to deal with this amount of waste tyres has been a challenge to all the countries.
International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC) of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), with its focus on waste management, has developed the compendium to provide information on such technologies for the recovery of materials/energy from waste tyres.
Based on the concept of “waste is resource”, the compendium aims to provide an overview of technologies for recovery of materials/energy from waste tyres and an introduction of waste tyres management practices in different countries. This information could be of reference for countries who are considering to establish a waste tyre management system or improve the existing system.
The compendium has been prepared based on data from secondary sources including publications from scientific journals, reports, and websites. This compendium describes the environmentally soundly way to recover materials and energy from waste tyres. General and specific technologies for the recovery of materials/energy from waste tyres are introduced to the target audience.
