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The UK Government has published a timetable for withdrawing the T8 waste exemption for mechanically treating end-of-life tires in England, a regulatory change long sought by the Tyre Recovery Association. Under guidance published by the Environment Agency and Defra on October 21, 2026, reforms are expected to come into force on January 6, 2027, subject to parliamentary approval, followed by a three-month transition period. The T8 exemption is scheduled to be withdrawn on April 6, 2027, after which operators mechanically treating waste tires will need an appropriate waste environmental permit or must stop the exempt activity. TRA welcomed the announcement after campaigning for removal of the exemption for around eight years, arguing that the light-touch regime has allowed non-compliant operators to compete with permitted tire recyclers and weakened investment in domestic end-of-life tire processing. The association describes the reform as an important first step toward improving the UK tire recycling market, while continuing to call for a shred-only export requirement for whole waste tires.

Fornnax Technologies will showcase its R-MAX3300 secondary shredder at IFAT India 2026, taking place from September 9 to 11 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The company says the machine is the world’s biggest secondary and fine shredder and is engineered for high-capacity alternative fuel and raw material pre-processing. Designed for applications including end-of-life tires, municipal solid waste, e-waste, cable waste and other complex material streams, the R-MAX3300 is intended to produce a consistent 50–80 mm output for cement and waste-to-energy applications. With a 3,300 mm rotor length, 1,145 mm rotor diameter and processing capacity of 30 to 70 tonnes per hour depending on input material and screen size, the equipment is positioned for large-scale recycling operations seeking higher throughput, reliable pre-processing and lower cost per tonne.

Tire recyclers in Europe are calling on EU policymakers to introduce ecodesign requirements that improve tire recyclability, support demand for recycled rubber and increase transparency across the value chain. The proposals were outlined by Recycling Europe Tyres in a position paper published on May 18, as the EU prepares future product rules under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.

The European Commission’s December 2025 Environment Omnibus package is not a complete solution for the recycling industry, but it is an important signal of direction. For companies active in end-of-life tire (ELT) recycling, plastic recycling, pyrolysis, recovered carbon black (rCB), and pyrolysis oil upgrading, the package is best understood as a first-step competitiveness reform: it promises faster procedures, lower administrative burden, and a clearer policy bridge toward the Circular Economy Act expected in 2026.

As recovered carbon black (rCB) gains importance as a key output from tire pyrolysis, Netzsch Group is positioning its technology to support producers in upgrading pyrolysis char into high-performance materials. In Episode 90 of the Tyre and Rubber Recycling Podcast, Andreas Steinlage, Senior Business Development Manager at Netzsch, outlined how the company’s grinding, classification, and processing systems are increasingly being deployed across the tire recycling value chain.

Episode 6 of Video Insights by Tyre & Rubber Recycling magazine features Ankit Kalola, General Manager at Fornnax, recorded following the Recovered Carbon Black Conference in Barcelona organised by Smithers. In the interview, Kalola outlines Fornnax’s role in supplying integrated shredding and granulation systems that convert whole tyres into rubber chips and granules suitable for use as pyrolysis feedstock.

Recent updates from the AZuR network point to continued momentum in the development of Europe’s circular tyre economy, with a focus on tire recycling technologies, infrastructure applications, and international knowledge exchange.

MARIS has designed and patented a new two-step devulcanization process to produce devulcanized rubber with very high-quality standards. By “devulcanization” we mean a process of selective breaking of the S-S and C-S bonds of the elastomer which causes only a limited degradation of the polymeric structure (C-C bond).

In AZuR’s (Allianz Zukunft Reifen) network, material recyclers are important buyers of end-of-life tires for the secondary raw materials. Recently, AZuR introduced Austrian company KIAS Recycling GmbH as a partner. KIAS Recycling GmbH operates the only used tire recycling plant in Austria, which is one of the most modern in Europe. At the Ohlsdorf site, up to 30,000 tons of end-of-life tires are broken down into their individual components and the majority of them recycled.