On August 20, the website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology sent a message that in order to implement the Law on Promoting Circular Economy, standardize the development order of the industry of comprehensive utilization of waste tyres, promote the optimization and upgrading of enterprises, strengthen environmental protection, improve the technology and management level of comprehensive utilization of resources, and guide the healthy and sustainable development of the industry, the "Access Conditions for Tyre Retreading Industry" and "Standards for Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Tyres Industry" were formulated. Entry conditions.

The two documents raised the industry threshold for the tire industry. "Access Conditions for Tyre Retreading Industry" mentioned that the comprehensive production capacity of the established tire retreading processing enterprises in the new year should not be less than 20,000 standard conversion bars (retreaded tires converted into 9.00-20 bars). The annual comprehensive production capacity of newly-built or expanded tire retreading and processing enterprises shall not be less than 30,000 standard conversion bars. "Access Conditions for the Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Tires Industry" also mentioned that the annual comprehensive treatment capacity of waste tires should not be less than 10,000 tons for the enterprises that have been built for the processing and utilization of waste tires. The annual comprehensive treatment capacity of newly built or expanded waste tire processing and utilization enterprises shall not be less than 20,000 tons (except for atmospheric continuous regeneration). The promulgation of the document enlarges the opportunities for leading enterprises in the industry to benefit directly. It also helps to improve the management level of tire enterprises, promote the optimization and integration of the industry, and adjust the development order of the tire industry.

At the same time, the two documents also stipulate the recovery and utilization rate of resources and the level of energy consumption. "Access Conditions for Tire Retrofitting Industry" points out that the waste tires that cannot be retrofitted and remanufactured in the process of tire retrofitting should be reused by qualified waste rubber comprehensive utilization enterprises, and the rubber edge scraps and rubber powder that are cut and polished must be 100% recycled. The energy consumption is limited to: the comprehensive energy consumption of pre-vulcanized retreaded tires is less than 15 kWh/standard conversion bar; the comprehensive energy consumption of moulded retreaded tires is less than 18 kWh/standard conversion bar. "Access Conditions for Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Tires Industry" points out that in the process of processing and utilizing waste tires, 100% of waste rubber in waste tires should be utilized, and waste fibers and steel wires in waste tires should be recycled. The total energy consumption is less than 850 kWh/t; the total energy consumption of waste tire processing rubber powder is less than 350 kWh/t (except for 40 meshes and fine rubber powder); and the total energy consumption of waste tire pyrolysis processing is less than 300 kWh/t. These regulations are conducive to improving the resource recovery and utilization rate of tire enterprises, promoting the transformation of tire enterprises from focusing on mass production to focusing on high-quality production, and achieving the goal of energy saving, consumption reduction and environment-friendly sustainable development.

The promulgation of "Access Conditions for Tire Retreading Industry" and "Access Conditions for Comprehensive Utilization of Waste Tires Industry" is a powerful measure to realize the integration, restructuring and optimization of China's tire industry, which is conducive to improving the overall competitiveness of the tire industry and promoting the green and healthy development of tire enterprises.