Tyre Insights is the quickest way of distilling cutting edge tyre science to essential facts, empowering your business strategically to plan products that meet the needs and regulations of tomorrow.

Overview

Emissions Analytics’ new Tyre Insights publications will be a quarterly report offering an accessible synopsis of the latest developments in tyre emissions and sustainability research. In the last five years, the volume of research on in-use, manufacturing and end-of-life tyre impacts has grown rapidly. Much of this is in the academic literature and not easy to access or understand how it sits within the wider state of the science.

Research methods

Experts at Emissions Analytics and top international universities are tracking the latest research so that Tyre Insights can offer a regular analysis of the content and implications of this fast-moving field. The report will help to highlight where the science is still solidifying and where there may be ambiguous or conflicting data.

Any relevant peer-reviewed academic paper within the scope of this report is studied, assessed and summarised, making a critical judgement on the quality, importance and relevance of the material. Themes cutting across multiple reports will be brought out.

The findings will be put in the context of the latest findings from Emissions Analytics’ own proprietary research, to give additional depth and analysis. If deeper insight it required, Emissions Analytics offers complementary emissions databases, test methods and consultancy.

Tyre particle characterisation

• “Microplastics”

• Size distribution

• Chemical composition

Environmental measurement

• Methods and uncertainties

• Tracers – organic and inorganic

• Ultimate fate

Human health effects

• Inhalation

• Ingestion

• In vivo, in vitro

Marine effects

• 6PPD and 6PPD-quinone

• Leachate

• Sediment

Soil and roadside effects

• Road dust and roadside snow

• Effects on animals, plants

• Indirect effects on food chain

Air quality effects

• Modelling concentrations

• Characterising airborne particles

• Estimating exposures

Emissions rates and source measurement

• On-vehicle and laboratory sampling methods

• Variables affecting emissions rates – speed, acceleration, vehicle weight, weather

• Interferences from road wear, brake wear and resuspension

Mitigations

• Wastewater treatment, sludge

• Wear reduction at source

• Particle sinks – SUDs, porous pavements