But what happens to that rubber at the end of its life? An estimated 9,300 tonnes of tyres and tubes end up in landfill each year, each taking around 80 years to decompose. Once broken down, toxins ...

"They are just differently bad," he added. Continental said its dandelion tyres were developed to find a sustainable form of natural rubber, and addressing 6PPD was a separate focus. "It's our ...

KOCHI: The domestic availability of natural rubber (NR) continues to be bleak despite the fact that NR prices are ruling at a 13-year high, the industry body of Indian tyre makers, Automotive Tyre ...

Engineers at RMIT University have uncovered a way to replace conventional concrete aggregates with rubber from discarded tyres, an advance that meets building regulations and reduces manufacturing and ...

Tyre manufacturers are struggling as the price of rubber has surged more than 33 per cent in the last five months of the financial year 2025, reported the news agency ANI on Sunday, September 29 ...