· 5 tire companies draft new standards for green tires

Recently, the "Green Design Product Evaluation Technical Specification Automobile Tire" formulated by the China Rubber Industry Association completed the approval draft and began to publicly solicit opinions in the industry. After revision, this standard will replace the Green Tire Technical Specification issued in 2014.

The reporter noted that the drafting unit of the standard includes five tire companies, namely, Double Money Tire, Double Star Group, Linglong Tire, Zhongce Rubber, and Triangle Tire.

The standard stipulates the green evaluation requirements for automotive radial tires, the preparation method and evaluation method for product life cycle evaluation reports, and applies to passenger car radial tires, light truck radial tires, and truck radial tires.

The content shows that only tire products that meet the basic requirements and evaluation index requirements and provide life cycle assessment reports can be called green products. The basic requirements are as follows.

Tire products should pass CCC mandatory product certification;

Establish and implement a quality management system in accordance with GB/T 19001, establish and implement an environmental management system in accordance with GB/T 24001, and establish and implement an energy management system in accordance with the relevant requirements of GB/T 23331;

Equipped with energy measuring instruments according to GB 17167;

Water pollutants and atmospheric organic matter (VOCs) pollutants in the production process shall comply with the provisions of GB 27632;

The comprehensive energy consumption per unit product production shall comply with the provisions of the advanced value of energy consumption per unit of GB 29449 tires;

The comprehensive index of tire production should meet the requirements of Appendix A.

In addition, the standard also specifies the tire raw materials, performance and other aspects in the evaluation index requirements.