Portugal tires from plastic has already reached
Os tyres, which are recycled from PET bottles manufactured, and which the Continental brand, National Agents at Fatinenal Mabor, are now available on the ContiService market, from the ContiService network.
Continental has developed the ContiRe.Tex technology, which makes it possible to replace the entirety of the conventional reagent in the tire and which has been in series production since April 2022. The new high-performance material is now available in certain dimensions of PremiumContact 6 and EcoContact 6 tires .
In September 2021, Continental presented for the time the ContiRe.Tex technology that uses polyester yarn, which is from used PET bottles without any chemical step in the first half and not recycled otherwise. This technology is much more efficient than other standard methods. The bottles used come exclusively from regions without a closed recycling cycle.
In a recycling process, the bottles are separated and mechanically cleaned, from the caps sent for recycling, after the bottles are separated and cleaned. After crushing, the PET is further transformed into granules and finally into polyester yarn.
How many bottles does it take to produce a set of tires? According to Continental, around 40 bottles are found. All these tires contain an inscription, where it is possible to read “Conm Recycled Material”.