Tyre specialist Bridgestone Australia has announced that it has officially joined Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA), an industry initiative created to deal with the 48 million end-of-life tyres created in Australia every year.
The announcement was recently made at a TSA event at Bridgestone’s Bandag Manufacturing facility in the Brisbane suburb of Wacol.
According to Bridgestone Australia Managing Director, Andrew Moffatt, the decision to join TSA was to promote Bridgestone’s commitment to the environment. “At Bridgestone, we take a multi-faceted approach to ensuring we do everything we can to lower our impact on the environment,” he said.
“This includes our fuel-saving low rolling resistance Ecopia technology, which lowers emissions and is being progressively introduced across our passenger car, 4WD and truck tyre ranges, our Bandag retread process, which ensures tyre casings are reused rather than wasted, and our commitment to use only authorised tyre recyclers throughout our dealer network.
“We believe we are leading by example, and see TSA as a very important vehicle in helping educate the consumer and bring national focus and real solutions to the critical issue of waste tyres in Australia.”
Tyre Stewardship Australia is an initiative led by major tyre manufacturers and was formed to implement the national Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme to promote the development of viable markets for end-of-life tyres.
Photo: Bridgestone Australia Managing Director, Andrew Moffatt; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment, the Hon Bob Baldwin MP; and Tyre Stewardship Australia Chairman, Gerry Morvell.
