The largest consumer of natural and synthetic rubbers around the world is the tyre
manufacturing industry. The recycling and disposal of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) are major …

Until nowadays, the concept of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) has tried to develop
responsible consumption habits. Nonetheless, the rise of ecological thinking has generated …

Disposal of used tires and rubber wastes is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century
waste management. One of the environmentally friendly possibilities of recycling this type of …

Each year a large amount of worn synthetic and natural rubber is discarded. Due to the
complex three-dimensional structure, recycling, and degradation of rubber by natural …

Nowadays, waste tire rubber (WTR) management is a growing and serious problem.
Therefore, research works focused on the development of cost-effective and environmentally …

Cross-linked rubbers used in everyday life, thermoset by nature, represent a major
environmental problem at their end of life. The European Union has introduced a hierarchy …

Tires, seals, tubes, and damping systems are examples of conventional elastomer products
made by the vulcanization process. Covalent cross-linking of the network structures …

This work is focused on the recycling of natural rubber industry waste by means of thermo-
mechanical devulcanization. With that aim, tests were carried out in an industrial twin-screw …

The disposal of urban solid residues is an enormous problem, especially in the case of
vulcanized rubbers like tires. The old practice of landfilling is out of use due to the rising land …

Excessive accumulation of rubber waste necessitates the need to revisit the effectiveness of
the existing rubber waste management system. This review provides an overview of the …