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ELDAN Recycling A/S – Danish manufacturer of tire recycling equipment – tells about its upgraded tire shredder which now has a frequency drive and, according to the manufacturer, enables to run a plant at the same capacity with significantly lower power consumption. The manufacturer highlights that ELDAN Super Chopper is the natural choice for anyone looking to invest in a heavy-duty pre-chopper designed to handle most materials, including end of life tires, even without prior debeading, cables and electronic waste, refrigerators, aluminium, municipal solid waste (i.e. MSW) to wind turbine wings (cut-off), plastics and industrial waste.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems – a renowned tire pyrolysis equipment manufacturer from Sweden – reports that its production company has now obtained ISO certification in accordance with ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 regarding the company’s quality and environmental management systems. “Our production has been running in accordance with both certifications for a long time, being certified formally is important in our customer dialogues, as it’s often required,” says Thomas Sörensson, CEO of Enviro.

A recent press release by Kal Tire – Canada’s largest independent tire dealer and one of North America’s largest commercial tire dealers – tells about its first thermal conversion recycling facility set to open in Antofagasta, Chile, in 2019. The press release also elaborates on how developing government relationships was just as critical to the company as developing a viable recycling solution.

Today, many developing countries suffer from poor waste management practices and severe environmental problems. This includes not only insufficient wastewater treatment, dangerous chemicals in soil or solid household waste, but also end-of-life tires (ELTs) which, accumulated at landfills, pose threat to human health. Whereas fraught politics is incapable of designing scrap tire management regulations and establishing collection systems, there are other practices which could help. To affect scrap tire management and recycling on local level, one should come up with solutions tailored to people’s economic behavior and habits, and look at their economic needs. This is where crowdsourcing for ELTs comes into play.

Eagle International – a renowned manufacturer of tire recycling equipment – reports that its Punch Cutter has become a well-established machine for cutting OTR tires into usable segments. Eagle’s patented machine is designed to punch through the tread of an OTR tire and split it into two halves down the center of the tread. It is a more compact option for cutting tires in half within Eagle’s flagship OTR Downsizing System.

The only event focusing on ecology and environmental protection in the Caspian and Caucasus regions invites tire recyclers and equipment suppliers to take part or attend the upcoming exhibition. Both international and local businesses as well as tire recycling industry players are expected to be united at the exhibition. Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, is set to host the 10th Anniversary Azerbaijan International Environmental Exhibition on November 13-15 this year as a part of Caspian Ecology 2019.

Second Central Asian International Exhibition, Green Technologies, Environmental Protection and Recycling (GET Central Asia 2019) invites tire industry specialists to join other sectors’ experts in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent on 9-10 October this year. International Tashkent Hotel will serve as the venue that will unite the visitors. During the event attendees will get a chance to learn about new developments at special exhibition sectors, with one being dedicated to waste sorting, treatment, and recycling technologies, including tire recycling; this could be of particular interest to tire recyclers and collectors located in the geographic region.

Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Ohio, US, is set to host International Elastomer Conference on 8-10 October uniting products and services exhibitors with potential customers and sponsors. This event will become of great value to tire and tire recycling industry specialists as during the Rubber Division’s International Rubber Expo they can learn for themselves the emerging trends and innovative rubber materials and products on the market.

Cement company Argos belonging to a larger Colombian conglomerate used over 75,000 tons of waste as energy source last year – this amount represents all waste, including scrap tires, that a city with population of 200,000 generates annually. Moreover, the company’s alternative fuel control system at cement plant in Cartagena uses scrap tires and helped increase co-processing capacity of Regional Colombia by 200%. Following the success, the company signed an official document in which it set forth its commitment to sustainability vowing to rely on alternative fuels, including scrap tire rubber, received via recycling.