Invest in tyres
In Victoria sending whole tyres to landfill is banned, requiring alternative management of this considerable resource.
The increase in supply
Export of all whole tyres, including baled tyres has been banned from December 2021 under the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) national waste export regulations. Bus, truck, and aviation tyres sent for re-treading to an approved facility are excluded from this ban.
Read about the national regulation of waste exports.
The local availability of tyre and rubber feedstock and proven reprocessing systems, makes tyres a considerable investment opportunity.
We are working to grow the market for tyre-derived products and to reduce used tyre stockpiles through research and development, and infrastructure investment.
At a national level we collaborate with industry and other state governments to support the National Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme which is led by Tyre Stewardship Australia. In a boost to the scheme end-of-life tyres were added to the Federal Governments’ Product Stewardship Priority List in 2022. This sends a clear message that recovery needs to be increased creating opportunities across the trye recycling chain.
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Opportunities
- The amount of end-of life tyres is forecast to increase from approximately 80,000 tonnes in 2020 to over 118,000 tonnes by 2040.
- Use tyres in the production of crumb rubber for a broad range of applications, including;
- roads, rail and other civil construction applications
- artificial sports pitches, landscaping and various public lifestyle activities.
- moulded rubber or rubber-plastic composite products.
- An increase in fibre separation infrastructure is required in metropolitan Melbourne to assist the domestic reuse of passenger tyres or as a contingency for international market constriction.
- Produce tyre-derived fuel (TDF) to replace fossil fuels in industries including cement kilns, power plants, smelters and paper mills.
- Advanced recycling techniques to create tyre-derived oils, lubricants and waxes along with high value recovered Carbon Black.
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Graphs and data
For more information on waste data visit Recycling Victoria’s Data Hub.
Case study
For more information watch the Tyrecycle video on Recycling investment case studies.
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