Complete Tyre Solutions has struck a deal with logistics firm Matic Group to divert 3,500 tyres from landfill to its recycling facility currently under construction.
Complete Tyre Solutions has struck a deal with logistics firm Matic Group to divert 3,500 tyres from landfill to its recycling facility currently under construction.
Under the deal, end-of-life tyres from Matic’s fleet of more than 200 trucks and 800 pieces of equipment would be processed through the $40 million CTS Tyre Recycling facility being built at Neerabup in Perth’s north.
The tyres would be recycled for use as new products, some of which would return to the transport sector.
The recycling deal is a component of a broader agreement alongside parent company Complete Tyre Solutions, under which Matic will provide a full service offering allowing it to sell, service and maintain tyres while recycling the end-of-life product.
CTS managing director Leigh Cometti said the deal represented more than 200 tonnes of waste annually and made the company the only market participant in Australia to offer a circular economy service across all tyre sectors.
“It’s about processing used goods or waste material to produce something that is often better than the original,” he said.
“This is about doing the right thing when it comes to tyre waste."
The deal comes less than a week after CTS was announced as the recipient of $4.5 million from the federal government, which will allow it to carry out an expansion of its commercial application at the facility, expected to open this year.
The Neerabup project will turn waste tyres to crumb rubber, tyre-derived products and reusable high-tensile steel wire.
The grant-supported expansion will allow it to produce a range of specialty rubber products, including acoustic underlay, rubber matting for soft-fall flooring, equestrian surfaces, farm matting, gym matting and other uses.
Founded by Danny and Katia Matic in 2002, Matic Group has grown to have depots in Perth, Geraldton, Newman, Tom Price, Karratha, Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide.
Mr Matic said the deal with CTS would be good for the business and the environment.
“We know that our industry and other industries across mining, resources and transport and logistics, all have a role to play in reducing waste and respecting the environment we operate in,” he said.
“Knowing that our end-of-life tyres can be repurposed as new rubber products is certainly a leap in the right direction
“Even more so, as once the load restraint matting becomes degraded, we will simply return it to CTS Tyre Recycling and it goes through the recycling process again.”
CTS previously received $3.5 million worth of state and federal funding towards its Jandakot tyre recycling facility, which was built at a total cost of more than $20 million.
