Continental launch series tyre made of 32% renewable materials
Continental has launched UltraContact NXT made up of 65% share of renewable, recycled and ISCC PLUS mass balance certified materials.
The German company claim this is their most ‘sustainable series tyre to date’.
The new series has 19 sizes with reportedly 'the best EU tyre label rating' in rolling resistance, wet braking, and exterior noise.
Renewable materials stand up to 32%, the proportion of recycled materials is up to 5% and Continental sourced an amount of up to 28% ISCC PLUS mass balance approach certified materials from bio, bio-circular and/or circular feedstock.
Renewable materials include bio-based silica made from agricultural waste.
They claim ‘Continental is the first manufacturer to launch a tyre with both a high share of sustainable materials and maximum EU tyre-label performance in volume production’.
