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Eni has signed an agreement with Ecopneus that will evaluate the technologies suitable for scrap tires boost. This move will help to obtain sustainable chemical and energy products. The new project relies on the principles of circular economy. The agreement strengthens the collaboration between Eni and Ecopneus , which have already carried out a project in Massafra (Taranto). During that project, the companies focused on asphalt modified with polymers and rubber powder from scrap tires.The initiative became possible thanks to a deal with the Municipality of Massafra reached in June 2020. Back then, Eni made the bitumen from the Taranto refinery available. Ecopneus, for its part, used its technical know-how for the diffusion of modified asphalts.

Italian startup Rubber Conversion specialized in tire rubber devulcanization took late last month the most prestigious prize at the Keynes Sraffa Award at Church House Conference Centre in Westminster, London. The prize was awarded to the business’s developer and brand manager Cveta Majtanovic who is a double-degree PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Trento. Rubber Conversion is the Italian business that relies on its patented rubber devulcanisation system handling rubber waste. The authoritative bodies have dubbed this technology the most innovative solution to scrap tire rubber materials reuse by means of devulcanization. Rubber Conversion operates as a spin-off from Innovando Srl, a waste managing company that handles more than 60,000 tons of waste each year.

Spainish tire recycling authority Signus is reducing tire recycling fee by 3,55 percent since January this year – the decision was made during the budget approval by the Board of Directors for the new financial year. Therefore, the fee for a passenger vehicle tire will become € 1.24 instead of € 1.28, and the recycling fee for a truck tire changes to € 9,20 from € 9,57.

The event will become a perfect platform uniting tire and rubber industry professionals from all over the world. Experts representing all layers of the industry, as well as state authorities and scholars will share their perspectives on the state of affairs for tire recycling. They will also shed light on sustainability and what drives producers towards circular economy models, touch upon topics of tire-derived fuel, tire-derived aggregate, rubberized asphalt, ensuring safety at tire recycling plants, etc.

Waverly Carbon Management System – the UK's producer of recovered carbon black (rCB) – announced that it has achieved UKAS ISO 9001 and 14001 certification. UKAS is the National Accreditation Body for the United Kingdom appointed by government, to assess and accredit organisations that provide services including certification, testing, inspection and calibration. UKAS provides accreditation for waste management, recovery, reduction, and recycling activities to support the delivery of vital economic and environmental goals.

SIGNUS – a Spanish end-of-life tire management authority – managed 200,286 tons of end-of-life tires in 2021, which had previously been gathered in the 25,820 generation points spread around Spain.

Tyre Recycling Solutions (TRS) – an innovative tire recycling company from Switzerland – announced the official inauguration of the new TyreXol™ MMA production line at facilities of Renecal, in Guardo (Palencia, Spain).   TRS' team expressed its deep gratitude to local authorities from Junta de Castilla y León´Government, Diputación de Palencia (Council of Palencia), Ministry of Environment and Municipality of Guardo, as well as all the guests for attending this event and sharing the milestone of a common project between TRS and Renecal, its recycling partner.

REVYRE GLOBAL – a rubber polymer recovery and re-processing business for end-of-life tires based in New Zealand – announced that the company has landed on and signed off a lease agreement, for REVYRE’s first manufacturing facility in Auckland, New Zealand. REVYRE GLOBAL is excited to embark on a journey to convert end-of-life tires, previously destined for landfill or stockpiling in New Zealand. The company plans to upcycle these tires into everyday sustainable and environmentally conscious usable products, for localized consumption, so they can be re-recycled again, contributing to the circular economy.

TNU (Tratamiento Neumáticos Usados) – a Spanish EPR agency for end-of-life tires – reports it will be present in the new edition of Ecofira with its traveling exhibition on tire recycling “Recicla y Sonríe" ("Recycle and Smile"). The exhibition addresses the social, economic and environmental importance of the treatment and recycling of end-of-life tires. Used tires collected annually by TNU are claimed to 100% recycled. When recycled, the components of end-of-life tires: rubber, steel and textile fiber, become materials and energy resources.