Liberty Tire Recycling | 2022 Environmental, Social & Governance Report 18 ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS Product Quality and Safety The quality and safety of our products are the highest priorities at Liberty Tire. In addition to corporate in-house Quality Management System (QMS) audits, many of our facilities are also required to go through 3rd party audits to ensure that quality management systems are in place and continuously improved upon. In tandem with these audits, many of our products are held to the highest of standards, those of ASTM International. ASTM International has defined and set standards for performance and safety of products around the world. Our products are also externally certified for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations as well as applicable industry standards bodies such as International Playground Equipment Manufacturers Association (IPEMA). We are committed to providing the highest quality products to our partners. ASTM International is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of voluntary consensus standards. These standards are a means to ensure successful global trading strategies and were developed with the guiding principles of the World Trade Organization in mind. 2 For more information on ASTM, please visit www.astm.org IPEMA provides a product certification program which validates a participant’s product(s) for conformance to certain ASTM standards. In the interest of public safety, IPEMA provides a product certification program for public play equipment and surfacing materials, such as rubber mulch made from our recycled tires. 3 For more information on IPEMA, please visit www.ipema.org Product Stewardship Liberty Tire is a critical partner within the tire manufacturing industry as it expands its focus into product stewardship including circularity and low carbon energy generation. Tire manufacturers rely on the work of Liberty Tire to efficiently collect and provide a second life for end-of-life tires. The products that Liberty Tire produces and sells create both open loop and closed loop opportunities towards circularity. Through new market development and industry collaboration, our goal is to continue innovating and working with industry partners to bring all end-of-life tire material into low, or no carbon closed loop applications by 2050. Product packaging is also an important element of our commitment to reducing raw material use and creating more sustainable solutions. Today, all our rubber mulch sold in retail outlets is packaged in low-density polyethylene (#4 plastic or LDPE) bags, which can be recycled with other plastic shopping bags. The ability to recycle our packaging is a key consideration of the lifecycle of our products. 2. https://www.astm.org/about/overview/detailed-overview.html 3. https://www.ipema.org/about-ipema/
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