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Retreading in Chile Aims to Grow to 50% after Clean Production Agreement
An agreement promoted by Chile’s National Clean Production Council and the Chilean Retreaders Association ( ARNEC ) aims to make sure that retreading plants in the South American country are standardised and provide a safe product of high quality, giving the end user confidence in the retreading process . The initiative will also help to significantly reduce the generation of used tyres and greenhouse gases, as in the manufacture of a tyre 83 litres of oil are used whilst retreading only uses 27 litres.
Under a voluntary agreement that seeks to gradually increase the
standardisation of the process has been remarkable.
"In addition to the environmental objectives laid out in the REP law, it is a major challenge for all players in the tyre industry and the APL is a piece of legislation that will help order these institutional changes, helping to implement the new regulations. In addition, it will provide a stamp of recognition to distinguish the quality of the industry to users.
According to the president of ARNEC, Dario Andreani, the goal is to reach retreading levels similar to that achieved in OECD countries, where for every new tyre that enters
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proportion of tyres being retreaded to 50 per cent over the next five years, companies in the industry are prepared for the challenge that will mean the introduction of waste management legislation, extended Producer Responsibility and Development to Recycling (REP ). To that end, the Clean Production Agreement (APL) signed by ARNEC and the National Clean Production Council, will promote the standardisation of equipment and procedures to ensure the quality of the process under Chilean law, and thereby increasing the use of retreaded tyres, especially in companies with road freight.
This is expected to result in the retreading rate rising from 5 per cent today to 20 per cent in three years and 50 per cent in five, as the sector will be able to offer quality tyres, that are safer and more competitive, whilst also costing between 20 per cent and 50 per cent less than new tyres.
For the executive director of the National Council for Clean Production, Juan Ladron de Guevara, the interest and commitment of the retreading plants throughout the country to raise their competitiveness through
the market, a retread is generated. In Chile, today, this figure is only 0.25 per cent for each new tyre.
In addition, Andreani said that, together with the REP Act, the industry will substantially contribute to the reduction of solid waste and greenhouse gases. "As we are using a methodology developed in Chile to recognise the environmental assets that are able to be generated as an industry, we can now contribute to a reduction of 10 per cent in the generation of greenhouse gases, contributing significantly to the goal that the countr y has committed to the OECD by 2020. With the standardisation of the industr y this percentage can he rise to exponential levels
On the other hand, the development manager of Chile Transporte, Carlos Salazar, said that within the road freight transport industr y, the tyre is a significant input in operational costs, "so if a tyre can have three or four lives retreading can offer is a ver y attractive alternative. For our partners continuity of service is
ver y important. Deliveries must be on time and in the agreed time, and this will be fulfilled if the tires are
safe."
Meanwhile, the president of the Chilean Chamber of the Tyre Industr y (CINC), José Browne, said that quality tyres are retreadable and therefore sustainable, and within the framework of the future REP Law, tyres which are retreaded two or three times will be more competitive than a disposable new tyre that attracts the payment of an environmental fee on ever y purchase.
"We manufacture tyres that can be retreaded and thus last longer and
In November, Vipal Rubber attended the launch reception for another retreading partner, located in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico. The new facilities belong to Renovatec, a retreader with over 32 years of experience in the market. The event received approximately 200 guests, including Vipal and Renovatec partners and team representatives from both companies.
“We selected Guadalajara as the focus of our expansion in the
have a lower cost per kilometre and less environmental impact. The problem that exists today is that there are more than 400 tyre brands in the country, but we need to have a minimum standard that helps the user avoiding having to pay for the damage that waste causes to the environment. Now if we include that cost, it is easy to see that retreads will become much more competitive than those that generate more waste,” added Browne.
country because it is a key market for Vipal’s business,” highlighted Jean Barros, Commercial Coordinator for Mexico and Central America at Vipal.
The new plant has an installed capacity to retread 2,500 tyres per month, and it is expected to generate 20 new jobs. The addition of the new retreader increases the Vipal network in Mexico to 17 retreaders.
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