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The mining company Anglo American is moving towards a sustainable “zero-waste future” at its five metallurgical coal operations in central Queensland, Australia, through a new collaboration with Novum Energy Australia that will see rubber waste products transformed into usable raw materials. According to the source, end-of-life mining truck tires and conveyor belts from the mine sites will be supplied to Novum, who will convert the rubber into industrial products including heavy and light pyrolysis oils, recovered carbon black, syngas and steel.

State-of-the-art pyrolysis processes are an efficient, viable and sustainable approach for the valorisation of end-of-life tires (ELT) into oil, gas and recovered Carbon Black (rCB). They are thus an important step towards the transition to a low carbon, more sustainable, resource efficient, circular economy in line with the EU Green Deal and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Pyrum Innovations AG ("Pyrum"), a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tires based on its patented pyrolysis technology, has received the first delivery of end-of-life bicycle tires by Ralf Bohle GmbH in connection with the planned cooperation of both companies. With its Schwalbe brand and a turnover of EUR 225 million (2020), Ralf Bohle GmbH ("Bohle") is Europe's market leader for bicycle tires and inner tubes. In September, Pyrum and Bohle had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the objective of which is the long-term operation, expansion and further development of a feedstock recycling system for end-of-life bicycle tires by means of pyrolysis. At the same time, the aim is to use the recovered carbon black (rCB) resulting from the recycling of end-of-life tires as an ecological secondary raw material in the production of new Schwalbe products.

Argus Media recently reported that Spanish trading company Nexolub has signed a 10-year offtake deal with a tire pyrolysis company Life for Tyres (L4T) to market advanced pyrolysis oil from a new plant in Puertollano. The project is expected to be completed in December and, reportedly, will become one of the biggest of its type in Europe. According to the press release by Argus Media, L4T says the €30 million plant will begin production of 10,000 tons per year of pyrolysis oil, made from recycled end-of-life tires, in the first quarter of 2022. The recovered oils can be used as an advanced biofuels feedstock under annex IX of the EU's recast Renewable Energy Directive (Red II).

GRI Specialty Tires recently announced that its new tire model “Ultimate Green XT” became “one of the most environmentally friendly solid tires in the world.” The manufacturer says the new product is a premium-plus solid tire that goes beyond the norm to provide the ultimate in performance, sustainability, and efficiency. Powerful and robust, this tire epitomizes GRI's advanced engineering, research, development and manufacturing capabilities. The company said the tire contains 42.8% sustainable materials, which include bio-sourced and recycled materials. The tire is built with natural rubber silica, recovered carbon black and reclaimed rubber from end-of-life tires.

“Sustainability without compromise” – ROWA Masterbatch says it is imperative that the plastics industry also participates in minimizing the use of fossil resources by closing material cycles in order to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. ROWA Masterbatch intends to play an important role in this and is therefore successively expanding its portfolio to include increasingly more sustainable products. The company highlights that during the development of the ROWALID® Eco product range, the emphasis was placed on the use of raw materials that significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

A new informative webinar about end-of-life tires will be hosted by Trinseo’s Anamaria (Cioanca) Dragan-lesanu, a leading commercial business strategist and sustainability expert, who will be probing beneath the surface with some thought-provoking questions for the speakers. The webinar is a good opportunity for end-users, tire manufacturers, tire recyclers, researchers, investors and regulators to understand how technological excellence, collaboration, partnerships and long-term agendas drive the transformation of the tire industry towards a circular future and help closing the loop on end-of-life tires. The webinar will take place online, on Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 09:30 AM Central European Summer Time. To register, proceed to the official event page.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems – a Swedish tire pyrolysis operator and equipment manufacturer – invites owners and representatives of the capital markets and media to participate in a virtual Capital Markets presentation on Friday, October 15th, 2021, between 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. CET. Enviro’s CEO Thomas Sörensson and Chairman of the Board Alf Blomqvist will participate in the presentation.

Sustainable rCB, thermochemically recovered from end-of-life tires, has already made the leap into industrial practice, and is making an important contribution to closing the loop in the tire and rubber industry. The first Cradle to Cradle certificate for rCB was already issued by EPEA in 2017, and most recently another rCB was accredited under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) scheme. Besides the environmental advantages of using rCB in the rubber & tire industry, for instance that of CO2 reduction, the economic feasibility of pyrolysis is positively affected by these markets.