Capital Equipment News May 2023

WASTE TYRES

Every day, waste tyres are piling up in South Africa. A new private sector industry body wants to work with the government to allay this potential environmental hazard.

TRIASA steps in as a tyre-recycling authority

The launch of The Tyre Recycling Industry Association of South Africa (TRIASA) aims to boost recycling practises, and fleet owners of road vehicles should take note.

T RIASA is noted as South Africa’s independent industry body and comes at a critical time when the road towards efficiently repurposed tyres is needed. According to Dr Mehran Zarrebini, one of the body’s founder members and CEO of Hammarsdale-based truck tyre recycling operation, Mathe Group, TRIASA can make an important contribution to whittling away the ever-growing stockpile of waste tyres, and to creating entrepreneurial and manufacturing opportunities as well as employment.

Historic problem The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA) was established in 2013 with the primary goal of creating an environmentally friendly waste tyre management solution. Unfortunately, it was suspended in 2017 following allegations of mismanagement, corruption and financial irregularities. Since then tyre recycling locally fizzled out, and even more so the willingness to recycle or repurpose tyres. With the formation of TRIASA, Dr Zarrebini is confident that the proposed 29 Integrated Waste Tyre Plan will be implemented and as an industry body TRIASA can make an important contribution to this new strategy of waste management and creating employment opportunities. “TRIASA’s goal is not to change the disposal of waste tyres but to represent industry, foster collaboration and ensure waste tyres processors are represented in

“We aim to unite the different elements of tyre recycling in South Africa and to provide a forum for discussion, knowledge exchange and collaboration on pressing issues within the industry.”

Dr Mehran Zarrebini, CEO of Mathe Group and founding member of TRIASA.

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