Crisis? Make MONEY from WASTE!
Zero-Waste: Possibilities for Profitable Automotive Tyres Recycling in European Regions
19 January 2012,
13.00 - 18.00
The Committee of the Regions
Room JDE 53,
Rue Belliard 101, Brussels, Belgium
Currently existing and widely used recycling methods that exist throughout Europe, face problem of effective market replication and generating profit. Major amount of tyres are ending up to further use in a form of rubber crumb (what is arguable preserving danger for the environment), but only minor recyclers offer full, ecologically safe processing of tyres (via pyrolysis, thermolysis, etc). Economic viability remains the major issue.
Researching methods of economically profitable ways of pyrolysis, thermolysis and other methods of recycling would turn rubber waste utilization from the current position of being burden for producers to profitable enterprises. It is not only making Europe greener via utilizing wastes, but creates healthy jobs and enterprises on the market in this difficult time.
Could this be a one of solutions for further development of utilization and recycling automotive tyres in different regions of the European Union into the profitable enterprises rather than obligatory burden on producers? What other methods of reuse and recycling can provide successful market replication as a business model in result?
In the report “End of life tyres”, published in 2010, European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) states, that “…the economic viability of this alternative route for high temperature resource recovery from tyres is hampered by the fact that the prices obtained for the by-products often fail to justify the process costs. Under current market conditions the economic viability of these options has yet to be proved (there are few or no large-scale plants currently in operation) but they have the merit to offer scope for increasing recycling rates”.
The discussion on advantages and disadvantages of pyrolysis and thermolysis an a very topical issue and needs to be addressed by the manufactures and recyclers very attentively. The regional implication of the issue is also essential, considering different levels of recycling existing now throughout the European Union.
Less developed markets are consuming more cars each year, and even currently saturated markets are tend to shorten life cycle of single car, therefore opening potential for more waste. And even bicycles, in the end of the day, are still run on rubber wheels. What other solutions can be brought for the European green future? What are the opportunities and limitations, for instance in the framework of Zero-Waste programme? How is it possible to support and motivate companies to find innovative and commercially viable methods of recycling?
Programme*
13.00 - 14.00
Registration & Networking Lunch (Atrium 5)
14.00 – 14.10
Opening remarks. Zero-Waste Initiative perspectives and its regional implication
Michel Lebrun, Member of the Parliament of the French-speaking Community (Belgium), rapporteur for a "Resource efficient Europe - flagship initiative" and CoR Member
14.10 – 14.20
Regional perspective: striving innovation in the European regions – case of Estonia
Representative of the European Parliament (tbc)
14.20 – 14.40
EC policies and support for innovative, market replicable projects in the field of eco-innovation & cooperation with financial institutions in co-financing
Beatriz Yordi,
Head of Unit,
Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) at the European Commission
14.40 – 15.00
Research in focus: supporting scientific recycling researches with future market value
Representative of Directorate-General “Research Programmes” at the European Commission
15.00 – 15.20
Present and future of market viable tyre recycling
Dott Ettore Musacchi, President of the European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA)
15.20 – 15.40
Coffee-break
15.40 – 16.10
Case-study of Bamatek: profiting from zero-waste with smart, eco-friendly and replicable technology of tyre rubber waste thermolysis
Representative of General management of Bamatek
Roman Schamgulov, Chief Engineer of Bamatek
16.10 - 17.30
Investment opportunities, academic and development partnerships in the field of tyres recycling (commentaries from all the speakers)
Open floor for discussion, questions & commentaries
17.30 – 19.00
Networking cocktail
*combination and order of speakers is a subject of change by the organizers
Please fill the registration form online before the 17th of January 2012.
Supported by
Committee of Regions, European Comission
Partners
European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA)
Tallinn Regional Office in Brussels
Maardu Region Administration
