The Port of Ostend in Belgium says that tyre recycler Tyros BV, founded in May 2024, will set up a tyre recycling plant on a 2-ha site on the former UCB site in the port area of ??Ostend. Supported by Belgium’s Flanders regional government, with a…
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Philips Carbon to set up sixth plant in India
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Australian tyre stewardship releases reports on tyre sector
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