Tire retreading is a proven, efficient sustainability practice that reduces environmental impact while offering economic benefits. By choosing retreads, industries and consumers contribute to waste reduction, lower emissions and resource conservation, making it a key component of a greener future. However; over time, oxygen diffusion weakens the rubber as it loses elasticity and becomes brittle and less flexible. If the original casing has significant oxidation, it creates a weak interface with the new rubber and the tread might separate prematurely. Knowing the amount of oxygen concentration at the interface helps assess the extent of the material degradation and the tire's integrity.

• Tire sustainability by retreading
• Impacts of antioxidant use
• Critical oxygen concentration in natural and artificial rubbers
• Multiphysics-based model to map state of oxygen concentration and oxygen consumption rate in tire
• How to determine the state of rubber by predicting critical time (in years) to reach critical oxygen concentration in the read base with and without antioxidants