News & Resources - Tyre and Roadwear

18 November 2021

European TRWP Platform Included as Good Example in the Tyre Industry’s Sustainability Roadmap

The Roadmap “Sustainability Driven” – published by the WBCSD’s Tire Industry Project (TIP) - outlines how stakeholders operating in the tyre value chain are addressing the Sustainable Developm...

26 October 2021

OECD publishes microplastics report with a focus on textiles and tyres

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published a report providing policy insights on how to minimize microplastics emitted unintentionally from products and their poten...

28 July 2020

Workshop on Microplastics from Tyre Wear: Knowledge, Mitigation Measures, and Policy Options

The Workshop on Microplastics from Tyre Wear: Knowledge, Mitigation Measures, and Policy Options was held virtually from Monday 18 to Wednesday 20 May 2020, 13-16h CEST. The purpose of this workshop w...

04 October 2019

European TRWP Platform: Way Forward Report

In July 2018, ETRMA launched the European TRWP Platform to address with relevant stakeholders how to prevent and mitigate the generation and transportation of tyre and road wear particles (TRWP) i...

04 October 2019

Scientific Report on Tyre and Road Wear Particles, TRWP, in the aquatic environment

By Prof. emer. Martin Jekel, TU Berlin Following the conclusion of the European TRWP Platform, which was launched by ETRMA in July 2018, this report is designed to be a summary of the existing scie...

12 June 2019

Characterising export of land-based microplastics to the estuary – Part I

Part I: Application of integrated geospatial microplastic transport models to assess tire and road wear particles in the Seine watershed In March 2017, ETRMA commissioned a study to Cardno Chemrisk...

12 June 2019

Characterising export of land-based microplastics to the estuary – Part II

Part II: Sensitivity analysis of an integrated geospatial microplastic transport modelling assessment of tire and road wear particles In March 2017, ETRMA commissioned a study to Cardno Chemrisk /...