Dr Linda Mitchell

The first port of call for any questions about tyres – from their chemical properties and environmental and health impacts to what makes Tyre Derived Material (TDM) useful and valuable for industry. Leads the TSA Science team in building evidence and transparency around the risks and opportunities associated with tyre use and resource recovery. Collaborates closely with science, research and manufacturing sectors to identify the technicalities and standards that drive and direct market development, innovation and commercialisation. Always expanding TSA’s open-access research library and fostering knowledge sharing between private and public sectors to fuel collaboration and build integrity into projects from the start.

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Environmental Impact of Tyres

Life Cycle Assessments

Reporting Standards, such as Mandatory Climate Reporting

Research into Tyres and Resource Recovery, at TSA, across Australia and Around the World

Starting New Sectors in Tyre Recycling

Tyre Processing Technology, Such as Devulcanisation

TSA’s Open Access Research Library

Tyre Resource Recovery Risks and Opportunities

What’s in a Tyre

12+ years' experience working in fields such as

Analytical Chemistry

Chemistry

Environmental Science

Innovation

Physics

Research

Science Communication and Education

Spectroscopy

Teaching

Memberships

Scouts Australia – Fellowship Member

Standards Australia – Technical Committee

Aust Post- Graduate Intern Program – Advisory Committee

North Shore Wind Symphony – Member and Treasurer

“Fact-bombing by experts doesn’t change hearts and minds. But good science communication can.”

TOM CARRUTHERS, HEATHER BRAY, MATTHEW NURSE