Background
About nine million end-of-life vehicles (ELV) per year are recycled in the EU, while around 15% of ELV materials are still considered waste and end in landfills. End-of-life tyres (ELT) are one of the main sources of waste of ELVs, generating in Europe around 2.6 million tonnes/year, 95% might be recovered as reusable material (39%) or energy ( ...