A new tyre recycling process has won John Dobozy, managing director of Molectra Technologies on the Gold Coast, the 2003 Engineers Australia Eureka Prize for Engineering Innovation. The $10,000 prize, sponsored by Engineers Australia, is awarded for outstanding innovation in the conception, design, implementation or redevelopment phases of a piece of engineering work. Dobozy invented the process, which converts waste tyres to a range of products including rubber feedstock, oil, carbon and activated carbon, and jet and diesel fuel. The system can be customised to meet market demands - for example it can produce more rubber and less oil, or vice versa.
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