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• Progress in used tyres management in the european union: a review

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  • M. Sienkiewicz
  • J. Kucińska-Lipka
  • H. Janik
  • A. Balas

  - WASTE MANAGEMENT - Year 2012

  The dynamic increase in the manufacture of rubber products, particularly those used in the automobile industry, is responsible for a vast amount of wastes, mostly in the form of used tyres, of which more than 17 million tonnes are produced globally each year. The widely differing chemical compositions and the cross-linked structures of rubber in tyres are the prime reason why they are highly resistant to biodegradation, photochemical...

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