Tyre and Rubber Recycling Podcast #61 is now live on our Youtube Channel
In this episode we discuss the upcoming Industry Tyre Waste Management Plan for South Africa with the country’s two leading recyclers. This is the long awaited replacement for the previous scheme operated by REDISA. We ask if this will help the industry in South Africa
Chapters
00:12 – Introduction
00:38 – We talk to two of South Africa’s leading tyre recyclers
01:13 – ITWMP question to Dr Zarrebini
01:37 – Dr Zarrebini responds
02:05 – Renewed hope for the Mathe Group
02:37 – Continuity of supply is important
03:10 – Improved long term certainty
03:57 – Will the plan address logistics issues?
04:25 – Zarrebini explains the logistics issues
05:59 – Will the plan create opportunities?
06:25 – ITWMP is impacted by energy and water supply issues
07:46 – Delays at ports for exports
08:47 – Need to look at the wider issues
09:41 – ITWMP cannot be a stand alone project
10:20 – Introduction to Xtyre’s Oscar Filen and how the ITWMP impacts Xtyre
10:47 – Oscar Filen responds
11:06 – 51% Black ownership under PDI rules
11:37 – JV with an African entrepreneur for the moulding plant
12:01 – Fees were introduced as a recycling levy, but have been considered a Tyre Tax by the government
12:52 – Discussions with CISR
14:00 – The previous plan had figures, we now have percentages
15:07 – The ITWMP sounds wonderful but…
15:07 – Double counting of logistics may be an issue
16:26 – Issues of safe storage are not considered
17:25 Does South Africa have the capacity to recycle 300,000tpa?
17:52 – ITWMP could help build capacity
18:19 – ITWMP forces the hand of the private sector
19:35 – Summary on ITWMP
