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Pyrum Innovations AG and Ralf Bohle GmbH (Schwalbe brand) have presented a new recycling system for used bicycle tires at the start of the world's largest bicycle trade fair Eurobike in Frankfurt. The "Schwalbe Recycling System", which was developed in close cooperation with the TH Köln (University of Applied Sciences), enables the integrated recycling of used tires of all brands.

This summer, the company successfully exhibited at IFAT 2022. In addition to many international customers, qualified contacts were made with tire recyclers and start-up companies, which are pushing into the market, reinforced also by the constantly evolving pyrolysis process. PRECIMECA says it fulfills peculiar tire recyclers' requirements with shredders that can rotate at different speeds, providing a clean cut due to specific cutting devices with 14 mobile and removable steel blades, offering the highest shelf life of knives, and lowest operating and maintenance cost in the market. The company offers fully integrated in-house manufacturing (design, welding, assembly, etc.), professional after-sales support, customer-oriented solutions and optimization of processes by the team with over 50 years of experience of collaboration with its customers.

Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum), a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life-tyres (ELT) based on its patented pyrolysis technology, establishes the first joint venture to build and operate a pyrolysis plant in Bavaria, Germany. Under the company name REVALIT GmbH, a recycling plant with a capacity of 20,000 tons of used tyres is to be operated in the port of Straubing near the Danube from 2024. The planned location is characterized by excellent connections to the road network and also offers the possibility of transporting the goods to and from the site by rail and ship. Straubing thus represents an ideal location for the implementation of the environmentally oriented business approach. Besides Pyrum, the shareholders of REVALIT GmbH will be the Munich-based companies MCapital GmbH, TEXTOR GmbH and Auer Holding GmbH, each with 25%. The contract for the start of the development activities and the start of the work for the required approval documents was concluded today. Preliminary discussions with the authorities have already taken place. The signing of a reservation agreement with the landowner will take place immediately after the entry of the company in the commercial register. Initial financing discussions with banks are currently underway.

On 7 July, Newcastle University and Wastefront announced their partnership that will focus on the characterisation and enhancement of Wastefront’s recovered carbon black (rCB). As one of the UK’s top universities and a world leader in sustainability, Newcastle University’s partnership with Wastefront will see cutting-edge industry innovation emerge from research conceived in the North of England - ensuring the region is at the forefront of progressing circularity across Europe.

On July 15, 2022 Robert Weibold, a tire recycling and pyrolysis consultant from Vienna, Austria, speaks at the National Policy Conference on Circular Economy in Tyre and Rubber Recycling Industry in India. If you would like to connect with Robert Weibold and Weibold team, discuss business opportunities or request information on consulting services, please send your inquiry at sales@weibold.com.

Bridgestone Corporation has released its latest integrated report—Bridgestone 3.0 Journey 2022 Integrated Report—and made this report available on its corporate website. This report provides with comprehensive and better understanding of its approach and initiatives aimed at enhancing corporate value over the medium- to long-term.

When a tire is recycled through tire pyrolysis, the solid material that remains from the pyrolysis of the rubber, commonly referred to as tire char or raw rCB, is composed of carbon black and varying amounts of impurities, such as silica, zinc, and sulphur. The latter are found in the original tire as additives to the production process.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has received approval as an intermediate for its pyrolysis oil according to the EU chemicals regulation, REACH and therefore will now execute the previously announced order for pyrolysis oil worth MSEK 2 to a leading US oil company. The approval that has now been received means that Enviro can sell up to 1,000 tons of pyrolysis oil per year. In order to support broad commercialization of its oil and the company’s expansion plan, Enviro will immediately apply for REACH approval for the sale of unlimited volumes.

Currently rubber recycled from end-of-life tires (ELTs) was ranked 3rd among the most suitable candidate streams for which to develop further EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria in the European Commission JRC’s report. The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ association (ETRMA) and the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) are pleased about this prioritization exercise, although they are right to wonder why there is no date on the horizon. The 3rd place (after Plastic and Textiles) is still worth a medal, nevertheless. Considering the enormous potential of chemical recycling (pyrolysis) of ELTs, the (very) few missing points could have been made up (author's opinion) and a time horizon might be foreseeable.