News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

According to Tyrewise, Aotearoa New Zealand’s first regulated product stewardship scheme for tyres has marked its first year of operation with nearly 4 million end-of-life tyres collected for recycling or repurposing, and more than 5,000 registered partners nationwide.

With the acquisition of an exclusive patent family and the commissioning of a newly developed pilot facility for the production of purified pyrolysis oil, Continental is harnessing the industrial potential of pyrolysis technology for the first time and laying the foundation for recycling complex rubber compounds on an industrial scale. The technological solution employed by the group sector ContiTech is designed to recover high-quality raw materials from waste rubber and systematically replace fossil resources.

Mexico City has launched the Ciudad Circular: Basura Cero (Circular City: Zero Trash) strategy, an ambitious plan to transform waste management and expand reuse practices across the capital. The initiative includes measures such as modernizing the Bordo Poniente composting plant, expanding infrastructure for organic waste treatment, and building a dedicated facility for tire recycling.

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The UK Environment Agency (EA) has recently published a detailed internal review on the export of end-of-life tires (ELTs). The report highlights significant regulatory shortcomings, raising questions about the environmental and legal soundness of current practices. Since India receives the majority of UK tire exports, the review carries substantial implications for trade flows, compliance requirements, and the structure of the ELT recovery market.

In a bid to effectively execute impending new projects, privately held New Energy re-organises itself in three units, each geared to specific aspects of establishing successful new facilities in Europe and beyond. Newly incorporated NE-TECH INDUSTRIES will focus on continued R&D, the engineering, manufacture, installation, and maintenance of equipment suites licensed to customers and partners, as well as supplying and installing turnkey facilities. Based on established relations with major European off-takers, the unit NE-TECH TRADE will help smoothly secure long-term supply contracts for product output of the new facilities. Existing operations will be operated under the name New Energy Recycling Kft., while the new plant under construction in Karcag, Hungary, will operate as RE-POL Kft.. The consortium will be known as NE-TECH GROUP. NE-TECH here acts solely as a turnkey technology supplier, not as an operator or shareholder of the project.

The Western Australian Government has published findings from the National Project on Options for End-of-Life Tyres, a comprehensive review of how Australia manages used tyres. The report provides strong evidence that, while the voluntary Tyre Product Stewardship Scheme (TPSS) has delivered benefits, it cannot reach its full potential without regulation.

Kal Tire is advancing sustainable solutions for end-of-life (EOL) mining tires, a growing challenge as mines worldwide generate hundreds of thousands of tonnes of tire waste each year. In an article by Terry Galvin, vice-president of recycling services at Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group, for Canadian Mining Journal, the company highlights that traditional disposal methods such as stockpiling or shredding only delay the problem, while sustainable recycling technologies open the door to long-term value creation.

AZuR’s (Allianz Zukunft Reifen) new partner, the Gesellschaft im Ostalbkreis für Abfallbewirtschaftung mbH (GOA), a municipal waste management company in Germany, has been relying on retreaded tires for many years. Today, around 120 of its vehicles run entirely on retreaded tires — a strong example of how circular economy principles can be effectively integrated into everyday municipal operations.