22 Jul 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing - Chinese observer Cao Qingxin has written a long piece on China's future direction in scrap tyres. The piece appeard in Chinese language on the China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) website
The piece argues that China can usefully burn scrap tyres as an energy source. This would follow the intention behind a 2009 Chinese law which promotes recycling, re-use and reduction.
Currently, says the item, China recycles around 80 percent of the 233 million scrap tyre arisings in the country each year.
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Opinion piece from CRIA (Chinese language)
Reiterates its firm opposition imported scrap tires Above story auto-translated into English (from Chinese)
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