The increasing motorisation rate worldwide is responsible for the demand of huge quantities
of tyres that, after their useful service life, become waste and should be properly managed …

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 …

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 …

Since their creation, tires have been constantly improved to fulfil the numerous applications
they have been employed in. Although tires consisted of simple rubber bands in the late …

This review addresses the progress in waste tire recycling with a particular attention to
incorporation of waste tire rubber (WTR) into polymeric matrices. Methods of waste tire …

Owing to the environmental protection potential and the desirable high performance
capabilities, asphalt rubber (AR) and styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) modified asphalt …

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 …

Low-cost flexible EMI shielding materials have great market potential due to the rapid
development of flexible electronics such as wearable health monitoring systems, flexible …

Zinc oxide performs as the best cure activator in sulfur-based vulcanization of rubber, but it is
regarded as a highly toxic material for aquatic organisms. Hence, the toxic cure activator …

In general, composite materials are difficult to recycle. Tires belong to this class of materials.
On top, one of their main constitutents, vulcanized rubber, is as elastomer, which cannot be …