Environmental and Health Benefits of Reducing Tyre Wear Emissions in Preparation for the New Euro 7 Standard

Barouch Giechaskiel (), Theodoros Grigoratos, Panagiota Dilara and Vicente Franco
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Barouch Giechaskiel: Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, 21027 Ispra, Italy
Theodoros Grigoratos: Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, 21027 Ispra, Italy
Panagiota Dilara: Directorate-General for Environment (DG-ENV), European Commission, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Vicente Franco: Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG-GROW), European Commission, 1040 Brussels, Belgium

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: Microplastics pollution is becoming a major environmental concern for air, soil, and water. The European Union (EU) Zero Pollution Action Plan targets to reduce microplastics release to the environment by 30% by 2030. Tyre wear is estimated to be the most important contributor to unintentionally released microplastics to the environment. For this reason, the new Euro 7 vehicle emission standard introduced placeholders for limiting tyre abrasion. In this study, we calculate the environmental pollution from tyres using as a basis a recent review on tyre wear emission factors. We also estimate the impact of reducing the average emission factors following the Euro 7 implementation dates. Additionally, we present the cost savings to the EU by such a reduction over a time horizon until 2050. Even though the final cost saving estimations come with some uncertainty due to lack of accurate and up-to-date emission factors, especially for heavy-duty vehicles, the introduction of tyre wear limits has a significant positive impact under all scenarios examined.

Keywords: microplastics; PM; tyre abrasion; tyre wear; cost–benefit analysis; Euro 7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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