Recycling waste tires into ground tire rubber (GTR)/rubber compounds: A review

A Fazli, D Rodrigue - Journal of Composites Science, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recycling and recovery of waste tires is a serious environmental problem since vulcanized
rubbers require several years to degrade naturally and remain for long periods of time in the …

Towards full recyclability of end-of-life tires: Challenges and opportunities

MS Abbas-Abadi, M Kusenberg, HM Shirazi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
End-of-life tires are discarded on a daily basis but even at present limited action has been
taken towards boosting their recyclability as most of the tires are either incinerated or …

Bioresourced fillers for rubber composite sustainability: current development and future opportunities

BP Chang, A Gupta, R Muthuraj, TH Mekonnen - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ending the fossil fuel era towards a sustainable future will require high-performing
renewable materials with a low environmental impact. Carbon black, produced by partial …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable mobility: The route of tires through the circular economy model

J Araujo-Morera, R Verdejo, MA López-Manchado… - Waste Management, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Current progress in waste tire rubber devulcanization

R Saputra, R Walvekar, M Khalid, NM Mubarak… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Vulcanized rubber, due to its superior mechanical properties, has long been used in various
industries, especially automotive. The rubber industry has evolved and expanded over the …

Microwave devulcanization of ground tire rubber and its improved utilization in natural rubber compounds

DÁ Simon, T Bárány - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2023 - ACS Publications
We devulcanized ground tire rubber (GTR) with microwaves at different temperatures (140–
200° C) and heating rates (2–18° C/min). We measured the soluble content and the cross …

Surface functionalization of rubber particles to reduce phase separation in rubberized asphalt for sustainable construction

S Hosseinnezhad, SF Kabir, D Oldham… - Journal of cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Application of crumb rubber in asphalt has demonstrated many performance advantages for
the pavement industry while bringing a solution for the disposal of the scrap tire. However …

Recent advances in development of waste-based polymer materials: A review

K Formela, M Kurańska, M Barczewski - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Limited petroleum sources, suitable law regulations, and higher awareness within society
has caused sustainable development of manufacturing and recycling of polymer blends and …

Microwave treatment in waste rubber recycling–recent advances and limitations

K Formela, A Hejna, L Zedler… - Express polymer …, 2019 - upcommons.upc.edu
Environmentally-friendly microwave heating is increasingly used in polymer chemistry and
technology. The selectivity and highly efficiency in the heat transfer present a huge …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical surface etching methods for ground tire rubber as sustainable approach for environmentally-friendly composites development–a review

MM Phiri, MJ Phiri, K Formela, SP Hlangothi - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ground tire rubber (GTR) has been used as a sustainable low-cost modifier in various
composites. However, due to the hydrophobic nature of GTR, it is in compatible with most …