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In 2022, our recycled efforts with Murfitts resulted in 6129 tonnes of recycled materials, which included 5026 tonnes of recycled rubber and 1103 tonnes of recycled steel.
While our end-of-life tyre recycling efforts are immense, this does not cover all our recycling activities. We are proud to state that 100% of our non-tyre related waste is recycled in line with our ‘zero general waste to landfill’ policy, which is monitored by our EMS (Environmental Management Systems) Certification.
In line with our efforts to keep tyres out of landfill, this past year our team of experts developed a Casing App which helps enables us to track casings and ensure they are returned to our site to be re- processed or recycled in a responsible.
By working in collaboration with our customers, the process helps us to ensure the correct recycling of end-of-life casings is being practiced. The goal of this initiative is to encourage our customers to return tyre casings to us once they have reached the end of
their life cycle, at which point they can no longer be used and become waste. For every casing that isn’t returned to us, our customers are charged a fee.
In addition to being a zero-landfill retreader, our retreading processes use 76 litres less oil and raw materials than what is required to produce an equivalent new tyre.
Through all our recycling and waste-management efforts we are working every day to reduce our impact on the environment, while remaining focused on growing our business responsibly.
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