Bio‐based polymers and fillers draw a significant interest. Focus of this work is to use ground pistachio shell as alternative filler in a model natural rubber/styrene–butadiene rubber‐based conveyor belt compound. Compounds were prepared using a laboratory two‐roll mill by partial replacing of carbon black with pistachio shell. Cure characteristics, mechanical, thermal, morphological, and abrasion properties of pistachio shell containing vulcanizates have been studied. Increasing pistachio shell loading causes lower cure extent and lower tensile strength. However, abrasion resistance is significantly improved by incorporation of pistachio shell. Benefits of using pistachio shell as filler may include producing low price, environmentally friendly, and high abrasion resistant vulcanizates when some loses in tensile properties can be tolerated. POLYM. COMPOS., 35:245–252, 2014. © 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers

This study aims to describe the current problems of the end-of-life tyre system, and propose possible end-of-life tyre management program for Thailand based on cost and environmental perspectives. This study can showcase the process for countries where end-of-life tyre management has not yet been implemented or countries that are facing problems with their end-of-life tyre management systems. Research findings indicate that, without an end-of-life tyre program through which customers would be charged a treatment fee, it is not feasible for tyre collectors to collect the used tyres that are discarded more than 150 km from a recycling plant. To increase the end-of-life tyre treatment percentage, a treatment fee must be collected, and the free market system should be used. Subsidy settings, estimated at approximately 20 baht/new tyre or $0.6/new tyre for the collection, processing and use of scrap tyres, should be configured to ameliorate the overall process. Keywords: end-of-life tyre management; life-cycle costs of end-of-life tyre; used tyre management policy; used tyre recycling. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Mangmeechai, A. (2017) 'Moving towards sustainable end-of-life tyre management from the cost and environmental perspectives: a case study of Thailand', Int.

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