A literature review on life cycle analysis of tyre retreading

This paper describes the literature review of a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of Tyre Retreading study. Over the last 20 years there has been an exponential rise in the number of reports in the area of Tyre Retreading. In a recent publication, the authors surveyed the major findings and conclusions on this subject. The present paper is a summary of that publication. It is designed to assist one in quickly becoming acquainted with the significant findings and landmark publications on the many different aspects of Tyre Retreading. Also LCA study covered two different retreading options of used tyres. The review was conducted by three-member review panel. It should be noted that the preliminary administrative tasks took more time than expected. Many questions or comments were answered, which contributed to the improvement of the LCA report concerning methodology, data quality and clarity aspects, and to highlighting some research directions.