Liberty Tire Recycling | 2022 Environmental, Social & Governance Report 16 This innovative pilot to recycle and reuse waste haul truck tires, which can weigh up to 5 metric tonnes and stand over 13 feet tall, aligns with Teck’s sustainability goals to find new ways to reduce waste and keep products in use. Liberty Tire understands the importance of collaborating with other companies to test new products and to finds new uses for recycled tire products.” MARIO TALARICO, SPECIALIST, INVESTMENT RECOVERY AND SUPPLY CHAIN STEWARDSHIP, TECK ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS Teck Resources Limited (Teck) Developing markets for recycled tire products is critical to the circularity goals of the tire manufacturing industry. In 2022, Liberty Tire partnered with Teck to provide crumb rubber for a trial of rubberized asphalt on roads in North Vancouver, British Columbia, CA. Using rubberized asphalt has numerous sustainability benefits including diverting endof-life giant mining truck tires from landfills and the ability to last 3 to 5 years longer than regular asphalt. It also reduces tire tread wear up to 50% compared to other types of asphalt 1 and can be recycled and blended into more asphalt when it is replaced. 1. Impact of Asphalt Rubber Friction Course Overlays on Tire Wear Emissions and Air Quality Models for Phoenix, Arizona, Airshed.
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