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Carbon Black World is a global conference focused on the carbon black industry, its technology advances, business aspects and more. This year, the conference will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina (US) on September 13-14. In addition to the main conference, on June 22, 2021, Carbon Black World holds a virtual pre-conference workshop “Applications and Case Studies for Carbon Black”, to explore the latest developments in applications for both carbon black and recovered carbon black. The focus includes industrial, plastics, tire, and beyond. As an attendee, one is expected to gain firsthand expert insights into the latest updates to available market data, masterbatch processes, pitfalls and successes, sustainability, eco-blends, and more.

Ecopneus – an Italian end-of-life tire management authority – reports that the series of meetings will be held from May to October 2021 involvin Ecopneus itself, UISP with the collaboration of Fieracavalli together with important Italian universities to talk about the realities of excellence in the world of sustainable equitation thanks also to recycled rubber. Scientific research, sport, animal welfare and circular economy was presented online at Cavalli On Live, the online format dedicated to the well-being of horses and riders that will start on May 24, 2021 organized by Ecopneus and UISP - “Unione Italiana Sport Per tutti” in collaboration with Fieracavalli to illustrate the potential of recycled rubber in end-of-life tires for horse riding.

The Swedish Tyre Recycling Association – SDAB or Svensk Däckåtervinning AB – recently issued its annual report 2020 where it reflects upon what the greatest challenge for sustainability is and how to overcome it. In the press release, it stresses that humanity’s power to impact the ecosystem, an impact which is often more negative than positive, has led the Swedish Tyre Recycling Association to devote its Annual Report 2020 to this theme.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems has received a recovered pyrolysis oil order worth 2 million SEK from the subsidiary of a leading US oil company. The oil will be used for production tests at a European oil refinery owned by the oil company. Completion of the transaction is conditional upon Enviro’s recovered oil gaining a registration in accordance with the EU chemicals regulation, REACH. The company expects to obtain a REACH registration for the oil as an intermediate during the second quarter of 2022.

Continental, a premium tyre manufacturer, is consistently expanding its activities in the area of circular economy. To this end, the premium tire manufacturer has signed a development agreement with Pyrum Innovations, a specialist in the pyrolysis of end-of-life tires.

Manufacturers’ Monthly magazine reports that a steel manufacturing process using waste rubber feedstock has been commercialized in a collaborative project with Australian steel manufacturer and TSA Accredited Recycler Molycop, UNSW, Crawford Boots, and the AMGC. The company's electric arc furnace (EAF) in Newcastle uses less energy and produces fewer emissions thanks to the new polymer injection process, which also prevents waste rubber from going to the landfill. The technology, which was created in association with Crawford Boots, the Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC), and the UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre, will now be made available for export to global EAF operators.

On October 18, 2022 Robert Weibold, a tire recycling and pyrolysis consultant from Vienna, Austria, speaks at BIR 2022 World Recycling Convention in Dubai. 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. BIR 2022 World Recycling Convention is a three-day gathering of internationally recognized experts in recycling and sustainability, held on October 16-18 in Dubai, UAE. BIR's Tyre and Rubber Committee will hold speeches on October 18 and will focus on the status quo and outlook for end-of-life tires in the Gulf countries. The committee says tire recycling has become one of the most dynamic segments of the recycling industry, thanks in large part to a seismic shift in priorities from the economic to the ecological. Investors and corporations are taking a more active interest, not only because of steeply increasing demand among consumers for products made from sustainable raw materials but also because of the successful development of high-volume solutions for providing sustainably-produced raw materials.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) invites tire recycling industry stakeholders to join the ecologiQ Greener Infrastructure Conference on 6-7 September 2022 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Tyre Stewardship Australia says the ecologiQ will serve as a platform where the industry comes together to drive circular change in transport infrastructure. According to TSA, the two-day conference will deliver an unrivalled program featuring diverse industry leaders, a dynamic trade hall full of suppliers of recycled and reused products, networking events and site tours.

Zhongce Rubber Recycling Technology Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of ZC Rubber, in collaboration with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and Nanjing Green Gold Giant Rubber & Plastic Advanced Technology Co., Ltd., is proud to announce that the project, "Demonstration Project of Waste Rubber Recycle & Application Technology", has been awarded the First Prize in Technological Advancement by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF). ZC Rubber is the only company in the Chinese tire industry to receive this prestigious honor.