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The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency has shut down 13 tire pyrolysis units in Pakistan’s Sindh province as part of an intensified enforcement campaign against facilities operating illegally or in violation of environmental regulations. Eight plants were closed in Keamari district and another five in the Ghaghar Phatak, Dewan Cement Road and Bin Qasim Town areas of Malir district. The action followed directives from Sindh Chief Secretary Asif Hyder Shah to inspect tire pyrolysis plants across the province and take action against unauthorized or non-compliant operators. Sindh authorities said the campaign is being conducted under the provincial government’s ban on the establishment and operation of tire pyrolysis plants and is focused on air emissions, industrial pollution and compliance with environmental safeguards. The enforcement highlights the distinction between controlled tire recycling and pyrolysis operations with appropriate emission treatment and unregulated plants that can generate significant environmental and health risks.

Tyros B.V., a start-up specializing in end-of-life tire recycling, is set to launch a 2-hectare pyrolysis plant at the Port of Ostend, Belgium. Backed by €1 million in strategic ecological support from the Flanders regional government, the company is investing in an electric pyrolysis reactor capable of processing 9,125 tonnes of rubber granulate annually into recovered carbon black, pyrolysis oil, and syngas.

Carlton Forest Group's continuous pyrolysis plant for end-of-life tyres has been shortlisted in two categories at the prestigious National Recycling Awards hosted by Material Recycling World. Carlton Forest Renewables, which will begin 24/7 operations imminently, say they have developed the unique technology over a period of years and has been shortlisted in the Team of the Year category and Innovation for equipment category.

Michelin – a well-known tire manufacturer headquartered in France – is launching construction of its first tire recycling plant in collaboration with Enviro, a Swedish company that has developed a patented tire pyrolysis technology to recover carbon black, oil, steel and gas from end-of-life tires. Based in Chile’s Antofagasta region, the plant will be able to recycle 30,000 tons of earthmover tires a year, or nearly 60% of such tires scrapped every year nationwide. Work will begin in 2021, with production scheduled to get underway in 2023. More than $30 million will be invested in building Michelin’s first new-generation end-of-life tire processing plant.

Weibold, a renowned consultancy firm specializing in tire pyrolysis, is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with Green Avengers R&D Solutions and a team of Department of Chemistry, Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, University of Mumbai. Green Avengers is a grassroots research and development organization dedicated to advancing eco-conscious research and commercial technology development within global communities.

In a relatively short period of time, pyrolysis has evolved from having “a very bad reputation” to becoming “a real solution” for end-of-life tyres (ELTs) through its increasingly sophisticated delivery of a range of highly sustainable raw materials, declared Robert Weibold in his opening remarks to the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee session in Copenhagen on May 28. Figures provided by the Managing Director of Austria-based tyre recycling and pyrolysis consultancy Robert Weibold GmbH indicated that annual global production of tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO), untreated char, and milled and pelletized recovered carbon black (rCB) currently amounted to, respectively, 1.7 million tons, 1.2 million tons and 180,000 tons from a tyre feedstock of 4.5 million tons.

Circtec has completed construction of Phase 1 of its end-of-life tyre pyrolysis recycling facility at Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant is now in operation and recycling fifty thousand tonnes of waste tyres per year into high-quality circular products. The plant was formally opened by King Willem-Alexander in a ceremony in which the King commenced operations by feeding waste tyres into the recycling process himself. The ceremony was also attended by the Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Climate and Green Growth and the British Ambassador to The Netherlands.

Anyone who works in the tire recycling industry will be familiar with the overarching statistics; that the UK generates around 55 million end-of-life tires (ELTs) annually. Whilst there is some recent information that suggest ELTs are being exported in higher volumes than ever, a ban on placing tires into landfill since 2006, has seen the tire recycling and recovery sector become big business. Now, the UKs first continuous pyrolysis plant for ELTs in Worksop, UK, is set to be a game changer for tire recycling and recovery in the UK and beyond.

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.