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Youngstown City Council has voted to extend its moratorium on pyrolysis operations, further delaying SOBE Thermal Energy Solutions' plans to process tire chips into synthetic gas in the downtown area. The decision aims to allow more time to assess the environmental and safety implications of the proposed technology, which has drawn opposition from residents, legal experts, and city leaders.

As millions of tires reach the end of their usable lives each year, their disposal poses significant environmental challenges. Durable and non-biodegradable end-of-life tires (ELTs) contribute to growing landfill volumes, create fire risks, and release toxins when improperly handled. Tire pyrolysis, a process that thermally decomposes tires in an oxygen-free environment to recover valuable materials, offers a promising solution to this problem. However, in an industry facing scrutiny from regulators, investors, and consumers, proving this process's environmental and economic benefits is crucial. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has emerged as a critical tool for tire pyrolysis companies to evaluate their impact, identify efficiencies, and build credibility.

Episode 70 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features Peter Taylor, delving into the challenges and opportunities within the UK tyre recycling industry. The discussion highlights issues such as the need for regulatory enforcement, the delays in addressing T8 legislation, and the potential impacts of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) without proper underpinning. Taylor also emphasizes the importance of addressing carbon footprints from reimported products and ensuring feedstock security for future recycling initiatives.

On November 26, Scandinavian Enviro Systems CEO Fredrik Emilson presented Enviro at Aktiespararnas investor event Stora Aktiedagarna in Stockholm. Emilson’s presentation covered, among other things, Enviro’s technology, its expansion plans and the construction of the first full-scale recycling plant which is underway outside Uddevalla, Sweden. A video of his presentation can be viewed here (Swedish only): 

Episode 69 features Stefan Hey, Chief Executive of the NTDA. The episode explores key issues in waste tyre management and highlights critical topics such as the need for improved enforcement to combat criminality and abuse of exemptions, as well as the importance of raising professional standards in the sector.

ELTs make up nearly 2% of the total global waste, and an estimated one billion ELTs are discarded yearly. This waste flow is growing dramatically year after year. But businesses follow circular economy principles, they begin to view this trash as an opportunity. Through chemical pyrolysis, ELTs can be broken down into reusable commodities like recovered Carbon Black, recovered Pyrolysis Oil, and recovered Steel.

Global leading tire company Hankook Tire & Technology (Hankook Tire) has commenced the mass production of its tires utilizing three types of ISCC (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) PLUS certified carbon black. The carbon black, derived from end-of-life tire pyrolysis oil, was developed through the Tire-to-Tire Circular Economy Model consortium.

A subsidiary of Bolder Industries will recycle over four million end-of-life tires per year at a new facility planned for Antwerp, Belgium. Supported by a €32 million grant from the European Commission’s EU Innovation Fund and an additional €2 million from the Flanders region, the plant is slated to begin operations by 2027.

Warsaw, Poland – November 4, 2024 – Contec S.A. is excited to announce the completion of its third and fourth pyrolysis lines, marking a significant milestone in the company’s growth and execution within budget. This milestone from last year's strategic investment includes installing and commissioning our third and fourth pyrolysis lines. These new lines, which are already operational, are a step forward in Contec’s mission to provide sustainable, circular products to the automotive and tire industries.