Date31st, Jul 2014

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The report presents the potential of new nanomaterials and highlights the remaining challenges for their safe and sustainable introduction in the tyre industry.

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Greening Industry and Transport

New nanomaterials offer promising avenues for future innovation, which can contribute towards the sustainability and resource efficiency of the tyre industry. Yet uncertainty over environmental health and safety (EHS) risks appears to be a main and continuous concern for the development of new nanomaterials in tyre production, even for those closest to market. Lack of sector-specific guidance represents a major gap.  

Published on July 18, 2014

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SUMMARIESavailable in 10 languages

English Nanotechnology and Tyres (Summary in English) Read PDF Spanish Nanotecnología y neumáticos Read PDF German Nanotechnologie und Reifen Read PDF Japanese ナノテクノロジーとタイヤ Read PDF Italian Nanotecnologie e pneumatici Read PDF Chinese 纳米技术与轮胎 Read PDF Korean 나노기술과 타이어 Read PDF Portuguese A nanotecnologia e os pneus Read PDF Russian Нанотехнологии и шины Read PDF Turkish Nanoteknoloji ve Oto Lastikleri Read PDF
Foreword Read PDF Acronyms and abbreviations Read PDF Executive summary Read PDF Reader's guide Read PDF Nanotechnology in tyres: Status of the technology Read PDF Key drivers of innovation in the tyre industry Read PDF Socio-economic impacts of the development of new nanomaterials in tyres production Read PDF Environmental impacts in the context of life-cycle assessment Read PDF Environment, health and safety: Development of a risk management framework Read PDF Environment, health and safety: Knowledge and best practice transfer Read PDF

Annexes3 chapters available

Stakeholder engagement Read PDF Data, assumptions and results from the societal cost-benefit model Read PDF Data, assumptions and detailed results for the life-cycle analysis Read PDF

HIGHLIGHTS

The report emphasises the importance of:

The policies to support research in the environmental, health and safety risks, as well as those to support the commercialisation of nanotechnology research results, for fostering responsible innovation in the tyre sector; Using available tools (e.g. cost/benefit analysis, LCA) to gain better insight into the socio-economic and environmental impacts of nanotechnology applications; Collaboration between governments and industry to address the specific challenges raised by the introduction of new nanomaterials in different industry sectors.

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This report includes the results and conclusions of a two-year project, which was a joint endeavour between OECD’s Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials and its Working Party on Nanotechnology. It was based on an original proposal supported by the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) through the Tyre Industry Project (TIP) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

For further information, please contact Marie-Ange Baucher and Peter Kearns at the OECD.

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