DOD Textile Circularity Market Research
REMADE will benchmark current DoD practices for disposition of End-of-Life textiles, identify potential pathways, key technologies, and potential barriers for development of textile circularity and develop recommendations for future progress in circularity, with respect to economic feasibility and sustainability.
NYS Waste Tire Project
REMADE is conducting a project to address waste tires in New York State (NYS) for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). An estimated 18 to 20 million used tires are generated in the state every year and about 29 million used tires are stockpiled across the Empire State.
The project will develop and administer two grant programs. One program will solicit and provide grants to New York State-based entities to develop technologies that lead to increased markets for used tires. The other program will solicit and provide grants to state-based entities for demonstration projects that increase the use of waste tires.
Please see the first set of awardees below.
Additional RFPs are expected.
Waste Tire Recycling Projects
Project Title: Physics Based Machine Learning Models to Estimate the Remaining Life of Commercial Vehicle Tires for Increased Retreading
Partners: Michelin North America, Northwestern University, Pitt Ohio Supply Chain
Project Title: TireVision: AI-Driven Feedstock Intelligence for End-of-Life Tire Processing
Partners: Fusion One, LLC, S&M Tire Recycling
Project Title: Advancing Matrix Tire Rubber Devulcanization Technology: Exploration of Catalysts, Odor/VOC Control & Product Refinement/Applications Development for Ancora™ and Ennova™ Rubber Modified Olefins
Partners: Prism Worldwide
Project Title: Novel Use of Automation for Mass Manufacturing of Recycled Crumb Rubber Products
Partners: Tire Conversion Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Hart Tool Company
Project Title: Ultrasonic Devulcanization of Waste Tire Rubbers for Injection Molded Construction Products
Partners: The University of Akron, Rubberform Recycled Products, LLC
Project Title: Production of Cargo Trailer Floor Mats to Protect the Wood Floors in Cargo Transport Trailers
Partners: Liberty Tire Recycling, Prism Worldwide, Michigan Tool Works, L&J Manufacturing Services, Abrasive Waterjet of Indiana