Sustainability
Cancarb retained its platinum rating from EcoVadis, putting it within the top 1 percent of over 130,000 rated companies. EcoVadis also awarded the Tokai Carbon company with the 2024 Sustainability Leadership Award.
Solvay and Hankook Tire and Technology Co. Ltd. are taking sustainability aims further, signing an agreement to co-develop circular silica for tire manufacturing.
Circular Rubber Platform is the brainchild of co-founders Enrico Koggel and Jan Boomsma. It's a platform dedicated to reducing rubber waste by working with companies around the world.
Petrochemical companies, tire makers and synthetic rubber producers alike are investing in sourcing more sustainable butadiene. Here are five entities making moves for the more sustainable monomer.
MetaWorks Platforms Inc. is fully rebranding as Waste Energy Corp., a move that reflects its "strategic shift in focus toward becoming a waste-to-energy conversion company."
On Dec. 4, Liberty Tire Recycling announced that Trek Bicycles would be joining its growing list of tire recycling partners. The new program is the first of its kind in the U.S.
Nokian Tyres is making a bold promise, partnering with Austrian green energy provider Enery to guarantee its new Romanian tire facility will operate completely without fossil fuels.
That next pair of sneakers or even that new cell phone case may be made from recycled foam from someone's old mattress thanks to recent advancements in technology from Vitricycle L.L.C.