In the investigation five carbon-black filled rubber compounds with typical sulphur-curing systems and one rubber compound with a peroxide-curing system, based on different polymers and other ingredients, were used. The results show that amines and sulphur compounds are the main compounds in the vapour phase of curing fumes from sulphur curing. Amines together with aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are predominant in the vapour phase of curing fumes from peroxide curing. The emission of curing fumes contributes only to a very small extent to the pollution in the urban environment in comparison with other sources, e. g. the traffic. Cleaning methods, using oxidation (thermal and catalytic), adsorption (active carbon), absorption (scrubbing), biofiltration, and condensation were studied with regard to curing fumes. Of all the methods studied, the adsorption on active carbon was found to be the most economical.