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INTERVIEW
RB
What other initiatives is ABR currently involved in?
MB
ABR is involved in several actions, providing our own “Friendly Shoulder” (ombro
MB
ALARNEU remains a group that consolidates South America, basically, because there is no access beyond Panama. Currently, there are no actions within a regional context, due to the individual countries' independence in relation to
driver for the circular economy. Undoubtedly, everything depends on the openness of each country to the subject, and to understand that the activity brings invaluable economic and environmental benefits for today's times.
RB
How can the Brazilian retreading industr y work closer with the tyre recycling sector to improve the sustainability of the entire sector?
retreading does the possession of the casing pass to the retreader, which represents a small proportion of the total weight of casings that pass through the retreaders.
RB
What is the future of retreading in Brazil, and how can the global sustainability trend be leveraged to improve prospects within the retreading sector?
MB
In the future, retreading in Brazil is expected to grow, because environmental awareness is an ABR goal. We want to show that tyre retreading is an integral and significant part of environmental awareness and that governments themselves should carr y out incentive campaigns for entrepreneurs to opt for these reusable tyres. There is a growth trend, however, and retreaders need to specialise more, better equip themselves and communicate our greatest asset: effective environmental preservation.
amigo). We have also held monthly activities, in addition to creating significant dialogue and guidelines through interaction with the Ministries of Infrastructure and Environment.
RB
We have heard relatively little about the development of ALARNEU recently. How this is developing? What are the objectives, if any, for expanding cooperation between other South American markets?
their respective trade policies, thereby preventing the possibility of actions that can be applied regionally. Nevertheless, the group tries to maintain a fluid communication, exchange ideas, experiences and practices that can be applied in each of the markets individually. Shared work can help different countries, through their associations, the importance of implementing improvements and triggering processes that aim to promote and recognise tyre retreading as an important
MB
Tyre retreading is already an extremely important activity for the environment, as it extends the life of the tyre several times depending on the industry in which the tyre is used. This slows down the scrapping of the casing and the need to use a new tyre. This is our greatest legacy to the recycling sector, even though retreading is not considered as such an activity. In Brazil, the legislation is very clear that the responsibility for the disposal of used tyres lies with the tyre manufacturer or importer. The tyre retreader does not have ownership of the casings, which in general belong to the transporters, therefore, the casings pass through the retreaders and, approved or refused, return to the transporters. Only in the segment of passenger tyre