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The Manitowoc County Recycling Center will hold its annual tire collection Sept. 14-26 for Manitowoc County residents and businesses to properly dispose of their tires at a reduced rate.

The program started in 1998 and has collected approximately 3.05 million pounds of waste tires. Waste tires can be reused. They can be shred into rubber chips and used as artificial turf or as a groundcover in playgrounds. Tire rubber can be incorporated into asphalt roads, running tracks and used in other rubber products. Depending on what other materials are in the tire, they may also be used as a fuel source.

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BEIJING—China Rubber Industry Association foresees a 6 percent annual growth rate in the country’s rubber recycling sector from 2016-20, with profit margin increasing from today’s 5 percent to 7 percent in 2020.

Under a proposal by CRIA’s reclaimed rubber comprehensive utilization subcommittee for the country’s 13th five-year plan, last year China produced 4.1 million tons of regenerated rubber, 550,000 tons of rubber powder and 15 million sets of retreaded tires.

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The agricultural community will once again have an opportunity to recycle their unwanted farm tires through a collection sponsored by the Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca Joint Solid Waste District. This collection is open to farm owners, operators and residents in the three county area. ABSOLUTELY NO DEALERS OR AGRI-BUSINESS WILL BE PERMITTED.

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Australia: Green Distillation Technologies (GDT) in the Australian city of Melbourne has announced the construction of an AUS$ 8.5 million (US$ 6.2 million) tyre recycling plant on the nearby island of Tasmania. The site at Longford will treat an estimated 658 000 car and truck tyres every year once operations commence next summer. Construction of the plant is expected to start around November this year.

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QUINCY, Ill.—Titan International Inc. is exploring plans to expand a wheel plant in Turkey and establish wheel manufacturing capacity in Brazil to accompany its existing tire business there, Titan CEO and Chairman Maurice “Morry” Taylor said during the company’s second quarter earnings presentation.

Taylor did not elaborate on Titan’s plans for either potential project, other than to mention in a Q&A session with financial analysts that Titan has signed a confidentially agreement in Brazil covering a potential acquisition.

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