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Fornnax Technology has received the Special Export Award for 2025–26 from the All India Rubber Industries Association, recognizing the company’s export performance and growing international presence in recycling machinery. The award was presented during AIRIA’s annual event and highlights Fornnax’s role as an India-based manufacturer supplying shredding and recycling systems to customers in overseas markets. The company develops equipment for processing end-of-life tires, municipal solid waste, cables, e-waste and other difficult material streams, with tire recycling remaining one of its core application areas. Fornnax said the recognition reflects its expanding global footprint, continued investment in engineering and manufacturing, and efforts to position Indian recycling technology in international markets.

Over the past year, the tire pyrolysis industry has absorbed several important changes in sustainability certification. In February 2026, Weibold examined how ISCC EU Mass Balance Guidance Version 1.2 tightened attribute assignment for mixed-origin materials such as end-of-life tires. In May, we discussed the increasingly relevant RCF pathway for the fossil fraction of ELTs. And in August, we looked more broadly at how these and other regulatory developments were changing the commercial identity of tire pyrolysis oil.

Tyres Europe and Recycling Europe are urging the European Commission to introduce harmonized EU-wide End-of-Waste criteria for rubber recovered from end-of-life tires, arguing that fragmented national rules are restricting trade, investment and wider use of recycled tire materials. In a joint position published on July 31, 2026, the two organizations said clear and binding criteria are needed to determine when ELT-derived rubber ceases to be classified as waste and becomes a product. They argue that a common framework would reduce administrative barriers, improve legal certainty, support quality assurance and make it easier for tire and rubber manufacturers to incorporate recycled materials into new products. The initiative is also linked to wider EU circular economy objectives, including the Clean Industrial Deal, the forthcoming Circular Economy Act and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, which are expected to increase demand for recycled materials and strengthen Europe’s internal market for secondary raw materials.

Grupo Soledad has obtained two Environmental Product Declarations certified by AENOR under the GlobalEPD program for recycled rubber solutions developed by its Industrial Division. The declarations cover rubber granulate produced by Industrias del Neumático and an elastomeric mat manufactured by Caucho Industrial Verdú for resilient railway infrastructure applications. The certifications provide independently verified environmental information based on product lifecycle assessment and are intended to improve transparency for recycled materials derived from end-of-life tires. According to Grupo Soledad, the declarations support wider use of recycled rubber in sports facilities, construction, civil engineering and infrastructure by giving architects, engineers, contractors and public authorities quantified environmental data that can be used in procurement and sustainability assessments.

A Sunshine Coast Council road trial in Queensland has demonstrated that crumb rubber produced from off-the-road tires can be used in asphalt and bitumen applications with performance comparable to conventional tire-derived crumb rubber, while a new lifecycle assessment indicates potential greenhouse gas savings when the modified pavement achieves a longer service life. The demonstration used crumb rubber produced entirely from OTR tires sourced from local construction equipment and incorporated it into several pavement treatments across Perlan Street, Railway Parade and Spalls Road. Twelve-month performance results found that OTR crumb rubber could be substituted for conventional crumb rubber without significant changes to asphalt production or placement, while laboratory testing indicated improved resistance to aging and environmental cracking. A 2026 lifecycle assessment by the National Transport Research Organisation found that although some crumb rubber-modified pavements have higher initial embodied emissions, longer service life and reduced maintenance could lower whole-of-life greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20% under the scenarios studied.

Pyrum Innovations AG has introduced a new corporate identity intended to reflect its development from a tire recycling company into a broader technology provider for circular raw materials. The rebranding includes a new logo, revised corporate design, a redesigned website and the new claim “Rethink Resources,” which the company says expresses its focus on recovering valuable raw materials from waste and returning them to industrial production cycles. Pyrum positions its proprietary thermolysis technology at the center of this strategy, using it to process end-of-life tires and certain plastics into products including tire-derived oil and recovered carbon black. The new identity is also intended to support Pyrum’s international expansion and the scaling of its technology as the company develops additional recycling projects and partnerships in Europe.

Chile’s state-owned mining company Codelco has signed an agreement with collective management system Valora Más to strengthen the collection, recycling and valorization of end-of-life tires generated across its mining operations. The partnership covers category A tires with rim diameters below 57 inches, including tires from light vehicles and equipment supporting mining activities, and operates within Chile’s Extended Producer Responsibility framework under Law No. 20.920. The agreement gives Codelco two routes for managing these tires: transferring them directly to Valora Más for recycling at no cost, or documenting tires recycled through Codelco and authorized waste managers and assigning those verified tonnes to Valora Más in return for an agreed payment per kilogram. At Codelco’s El Teniente Division, more than 1,500 tonnes of category A waste tires have already been recorded as properly recovered under the new reporting system, demonstrating how traceability and producer responsibility mechanisms can create both environmental and economic value from tire recycling in the mining sector.

Tyrecycle and Fenner Conveyors have won the Closing the Loop Award at the 2026 WasteSorted WA Awards for their InfinitySeries partnership, which converts end-of-life mining conveyor belts into material for new conveyor belts. The initiative has already diverted more than 4,000 tonnes of used conveyor belts from landfill, with recovered material incorporated into Fenner’s InfinitySeries products at a minimum recycled content of 10%. The project demonstrates a closed-loop approach to a difficult industrial waste stream that has traditionally had limited alternatives to landfill or long-term stockpiling. By recovering rubber and other materials from used conveyor belts and returning them to manufacturing, the partnership supports circular economy objectives in Australia’s mining sector and shows how industrial recycling can move beyond disposal toward direct material reuse in new products.

Agencia EFE and SIGNUS Ecovalor have launched the third edition of the Cristina Yuste Environmental Journalism Scholarship, an initiative designed to strengthen specialist reporting on environmental issues and improve media coverage of waste management, recycling and sustainability. The new call was formally presented in Madrid on September 17, 2026, when EFE President Miguel Ángel Oliver and SIGNUS Ecovalor General Director Carlos Prieto Menéndez signed the collaboration protocol. The scholarship will give young journalism students practical training with EFE Verde, Agencia EFE’s environmental news platform, while exposing them to specialist reporting on topics including waste management and the circular economy. SIGNUS, which manages end-of-life tires in Spain, has supported the initiative since its launch in 2013 as part of its broader commitment to sustainability and professional training in environmental communication.