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The 30th ETRA Conference on Tyre Recycling brought together over 130 participants in Brussels for three intensive days of discussions on Tuesday 25th to Thursday, 27 March. The conference opened with a tribute and warm thanks to Dr. Valerie Shulman…

SMILE CITY is an important EU Funded project, coordinated by ETRA with 35 Partners from 13 countries and total budget of 11,2 Mil €. The project started formally on 1st January 2025. The kick off meeting was held in Rome on 3-4 February, at the prem…

The Workshop entitled “Rubber and asphalt mixtures between myth and reality. How to overcome obstacles” was held at the ANAS headquarters in Rome on 4-5 December 2024. The Workshop is the result of the joint work of two LIFE projects funded by the…

ETRA & AIMPLAS Workshop - Valencia 1-2 October 2024 ETRA and AIMPLAS join forces to organize a lively workshop to explore opportunities to set up new EU funded projects on Tyre, Rubber, and Plastic recycling with a high level of valorization…

LIFE InReGEO Project was presented at the Innovation Forum on 21-22 May 2024 in Brussels. The event titled “Connecting Innovative EU Projects for Collaborative Advancement” was nicely organized by Green Tech, a worldwide engineering group with a foc…

On 15-16 May 2024 RE-PLAN CITY LIFE Team attended the FORUM BUYGREEN in Rome. It was a two days events during which we networked and presented the project to the many Stakeholders involved. On  16 May 2024 at 11.30 Sabina Nicolella from Ecosis…

On 7 and 8 May 2024 it was held in Brussels the European Cluster Conference, attended  by over 750 participants. The European Cluster Conference 2024 aimed to highlight the vital role of clusters in advancing EU industrial priorities. It seeks…

The 29th ETRA Conference titled «Circular Transition in Tyre Recycling», was held in Brussels  Wednesday through Friday 17 – 19 April. The conference has reaffirmed its position as the premier event for tyre recycling and innovation. With 136…

The European Commission has established that for the next twenty years it will be possible to play football on artificial grass pitches infilled  with rubber granulate obtained from tyre recycling. This is what follows from the logical applica…

34 persons from 8 countries attended the Turin Project meeting and the two workshops, which took place in Turin, Italy, on September 28th and 29th, 2023. The first day started with the RE-PLAN official project meeting and the Workshop on Rubberised…

On the 26thApril 2023 the EU member states voted to support a revised REACH Restriction proposal on intentionally added microplastics, which includes a ban of recycled rubber infill materials used in synthetic turf surfaces after a transition period…

142 persons from 36 countries worldwide registered to the 28th ETRA Conference, which was held in Brussels Wednesday through Friday 29 -31 March. Some of them, owing to Visa delays or flight cancellations were unable to attend. However it has been t…