Singapore-based tyre distributor Omni United and United States casual outdoor shoe and clothing maker ​Timberland Boots have launched a new line of tyres whose life cycle is nearly a closed loop - a first in the industry.

Branded ‘Timberland Tires’, these tyres for cars, trucks and vans will be made in the United States from domestic and imported materials, and will be sold from April next year. A closed loop is any system in which waste - used tyres in this case - is used again in makin...