Circular Rubber Platform

New call open for biobased or CO2 based polymers (including rubbers!) in the Netherlands! Projects starting from 750.000 can apply for 70% funding with 30% own investment. Contact us for more info.

🌱How is Soleic®'s end-of-life different from other bio-based materials? Not all bio-based materials are made equally. 🌿Bio-based materials are sourced from plants, and often have lower Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions than petroleum-based counterparts, but the resulting polymers are not necessarily biodegradable. This means they will remain in the environment for tens to hundreds of years and still produce persistent microplastics.♻️ ✨The good news: Soleic® is both bio-based and biodegradable✅. Soleic® materials are made from plant oil and are proven to biodegrade in compost, soil, and ocean environments🌊—without leaving behind persistent microplastics🏆— backed up by published scientific papers. Find out more on this subject in this article on our website. https://lnkd.in/ggBcGXd3 #Sustainability ♻️ #CleanOcean #Innovation #EcoFriendly 🌎 #Startups #NoMicroplastics 🚫 BLUEVIEW Footwear

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗳-𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘀 🔴   We’ve spoken out before about the alarming practice of exporting tyres under the label of "reuse" – a label that far too often conceals environmental harm and human exposure to pollution in places like India.   Now, other voices are joining the conversation. In the past week, the industry media Tyre & Rubber Recycling has published 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 on the issue, including video footage we’ve wanted to share earlier but couldn’t verify. Both stories follow a BBC investigation, which reveals the reality of what happens when tyres are sent abroad in the name of reuse.   Watch the investigative reporting and read the articles here: 🔗 The Tyre Scandal – BBC File on 4 Investigates: https://lnkd.in/d7xZCgFS 🔗 Environment Agency Agrees to Review its Handling of Waste Tyres: https://lnkd.in/g-NS3K5w 🔗 Millions of UK tyres meant for recycling sent to furnaces in India: https://lnkd.in/ezq9sWr6 Transparency is key if we want to clean up the industry and create a truly circular economy for tyres – one that doesn’t just shift the problem out of sight. Genan stand for real recycling, genuine sustainability, and responsible action. And we will continue to do so 🌱  

This Saturday April 5th is National Dandelion Day and while the ones in our lawns might be classed as weeds (although we think they’re rather beautiful and definitely very cheerful) there's an interesting variety worth highlighting – Taraxacum kok-saghyz, also known as the Russian dandelion. This particular species is being explored as a viable source of natural rubber. It’s not a new concept, but ongoing research and investment are bringing it closer to commercial reality. Unlike Hevea brasiliensis, the rubber tree that needs tropical climates and takes years before it can be tapped, Russian dandelions grow in temperate regions and can be harvested in just one season. Although thousands of plant species produce latex, only a few contain the right type and amount needed for rubber production. Taraxacum kok-saghyz stands out because its roots produce a latex with a particularly high concentration of cis-1,4-polyisoprene – the same polymer found in Hevea brasiliensis latex. At Wallace Instruments we support everyone working to build a more resilient bio-based rubber industry – whether it’s efforts to improve Hevea through disease resistance, higher-yielding clones and better plantation efficiency, or exploring alternative crops like dandelions and guayule. Our materials testing equipment continues to play a vital role in rubber-producing regions around the world and will remain just as essential as new sources are researched and scaled for commercial production. #NationalDandelionDay #RubberIndustry #RubberTesting Chris Norval Mary Norval George Bates RUBBER HEART

Post-Doc offer– An exciting post-doc position is still available starting asap in the field of rubber physical chemistry. The research will focus on the relationships between morphology, cross-linking heterogeneities, and the mechanical behavior of natural rubber and butadiene rubber blends. You will have the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team alongside Grégory Stoclet & Valérie Gaucher from the Materials and Transformations Unit (UMET) at the University of Lille, Cédric Lorthioir from the Laboratory of Condensed Matter Chemistry in Paris (Sorbonne University), and myself from the Hutchinson Research and Innovation Center. #rubber #postdoc

"What do you do to interest younger generation for technology?" During a brainstorm session for companies in the Regio Zwolle with the deputy of Overijssel, Erwin Hoogland, he challenged the companies with the question how we motivate youth and younger generations to decide on technical studies. This with the urgent message that student numbers in technical studies are in strong decline. Most other company directors organized open days, and organized activities for family members for their employees, but Circular Rubber Platform had only reached people at universities or older with their presentations and webinars. Although we cannot take up any challenge, especially if we have to do it for free in our own time, it still resonated with us. Luckily Eric Roetman already had experience with organizing open event activities for children with rubber and motivated us to join, so we decided a collaboration with him, Windesheim, Techlab Zwolle and Roestug. During Makersfestival at the Makersfabriek we helped some of the 5.400 visitors to learn how to patch a tire, or how to make a catapult from old bicycle tire tubes. (great idea Naud Huuskes!) A great video as a result, maybe see you next year with another great workshop on rubber materials and recycling! #acceleratechange #circularrubbereconomy #circulareconomy #rubber #technicalstudies https://lnkd.in/e_YgFATg Video by Windesheim

"What do you do to interest younger generation for technology?" During a brainstorm session for companies in the Regio Zwolle with the deputy of Overijssel, Erwin Hoogland, he challenged the companies with the question how we motivate youth and younger generations to decide on technical studies. This with the urgent message that student numbers in technical studies are in strong decline. Most other company directors organized open days, and organized activities for family members for their employees, but Circular Rubber Platform had only reached people at universities or older with their presentations and webinars. Although we cannot take up any challenge, especially if we have to do it for free in our own time, it still resonated with us. Luckily Eric Roetman already had experience with organizing open event activities for children with rubber and motivated us to join, so we decided a collaboration with him, Windesheim, Techlab Zwolle and Roestug. During Makersfestival at the Makersfabriek we helped some of the 5.400 visitors to learn how to patch a tire, or how to make a catapult from old bicycle tire tubes. (great idea Naud Huuskes!) A great video as a result, maybe see you next year with another great workshop on rubber materials and recycling! #acceleratechange #circularrubbereconomy #circulareconomy #rubber #technicalstudies

TOFFE 4E EDITIE MAKERSFESTIVAL  Na twee inspirerende Makerschapsdagen voor leerlingen van verschillende vo-scholen, was zaterdag het Makersfestival voor jong en oud. Het festival is vooral gericht op kinderen en jongeren van 8-18 jaar maar alle vaders, moeders, opa's en oma's die mee waren, hebben zich ook uitstekend vermaakt. Het Techlab was een van de deelnemers op het Makersfestival. Samen met Windesheim, Circular Rubber Platform en Roestug werden banden geplakt en kon van oude binnenbanden sieraden en een katapult gemaakt worden. Robertpack had een mooie opstelling gemaakt en gaf de workshop Robotica. Het was gezellig druk en de hele dag door werd er op de computers enthousiast geprogrammeerd en aan de werkbanken geboord, gezaagd, getimmerd en gelijmd. 👏 Dank aan alle leerlingen die enthousiast hielpen en de bezoekers wegwijs maakten in de wereld van het Techlab. 👏 Dank aan Windesheim, Roestug, Circular Rubber Platform en Robertpack voor de samenwerking en hun bijdrage op het Techlab. 👋 Op naar het eerste lustrum. Tot volgend jaar! #makersfabriek #techniekfestival #zwolle #robotica #techlabzwolle

Should we organize a show one day? 🧐 While visiting the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, I get reconfirmed how important physical meetings are to create a strong connection and convince new companies to join the platform. That, while we have made the Circular Rubber Platform online to make it easy, accessible from anywhere and allow easy networking, it sometimes seems just not enough. And a physical fair just does work for inspiration, networking and connecting. Although rubber is not a plastic, REACH, sorting, separating, shredding and granulating are activities that overlap at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe that interest me and thus the platform. Great to meet with the #POLREC team and platform members like Hosokawa Micron B.V. THE 8 IMPACT Mansuy Rocquin AA Singh Plastic Energy and more! So the big question is: how could wé create an online environment to inspire and connect B2B, that creates connections strong enough to do business without meeting physically? Or should we also become physical one day? What do you think? #acceleratechange #circularrubbereconomy #circulareconomy #rubber

👉 Meet us this week at PRSE Amsterdam! 🚫 Not because rubber is plastic, but because specialists in waste recycling meet at this event! As TPE recycling will definitely be present, we look forward to meet players in this market, as well as meeting up with some members and individual contacts here. 👋 Let me know if we should meet! #acceleratechange #circularrubbereconomy #circulareconomy #rubber