News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Several Ontario municipalities are limiting or stopping the acceptance of used tires at waste depots as tire stockpiles continue to grow and collection services fail to keep pace. The backlog has affected communities including Chatham-Kent, Wellington County, South Huron and the Region of Durham, where used tires are accumulating at municipal depots and creating operational, environmental and fire safety concerns. The situation has renewed scrutiny of Ontario’s tire recycling system, including the role of producer responsibility organizations, provincial recycling targets and proposed regulatory changes intended to improve the collection and management of end-of-life tires.

The partnership also includes joint corporate social responsibility activities beyond tire management. The companies plan to participate in the B-SAFE road safety awareness program in cooperation with the Saraburi Branch of the Department of Land Transport. They also plan to carry out nature and biodiversity conservation activities at Phu Khae Botanical Garden, connecting the agreement’s resource circulation goals with broader community and environmental initiatives.

The European Council has approved the EU end-of-life vehicle regulation, following a European Parliament vote earlier in June, meaning the legislation is now set to become law after publication in the Official Journal of the EU. The regulation introduces mandatory recycled plastic content targets for new vehicles and creates new rules for vehicle design, treatment of end-of-life vehicles, recycled material sourcing, exports and extended producer responsibility. The rules are expected to affect automotive manufacturers, recyclers, plastics suppliers and circular material producers, while also shaping future demand for recycled polymers and potentially influencing the role of tire-derived elastomers, pyrolysis oil and other recovered materials in the automotive value chain.

Genan, Inc., a large state-of-the-art processing facility in Houston, is a leader in tire recycling and recovery, with a focus on crumb rubber and micronized rubber. Genan specializes in producing rubber granules for technically demanding applications, including flooring, automotive parts, asphalt, as well as an industry-leading, patented technology for playground surfaces. Thomas Boehme of Genan will continue to lead growth efforts in the U.S. for Genan through a new role with Liberty.

The association said that, in the absence of EU-wide criteria, member states continue to apply different interpretations of when waste ceases to be waste. Cefic said this regulatory fragmentation creates uncertainty for operators, complicates cross-border value chains and may discourage investment in chemical recycling infrastructure.

The partnership comes at a time when India’s tyre recycling sector is under immense pressure, with labour shortages making manual sorting harder to sustain. Additionally, manual sorting is inherently inconsistent and limits the quality of output streams. Hidden contaminants such as batteries, TPMS sensors, metal rim fragments, and other embedded components damage shredders, causing unplanned shutdowns and creating fire hazards on the plant floor. The lack of digital traceability also leaves recyclers exposed to EPR compliance risks, including concerns about inaccurate or unverifiable credit claims.

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TPO will be considered to have met the end-of-waste test only if several conditions are met. It must be produced exclusively from the approved waste materials listed in the framework and, after pyrolysis, must be sent only to a refinery for use as a feedstock in the production of marketable products. The TPO must meet the minimum specification set by the framework, along with any further specifications agreed with the receiving refinery. The refinery must also hold the appropriate environmental permits to accept and use the TPO in the quantities supplied, and there must be certainty that the material will be used as refinery feedstock.

CM Shredders enters this new chapter with a powerful market position. The company has built a longstanding reputation for durable, technologically advanced shredding systems, proprietary knife technology, and complete turnkey solutions for tire recycling, material recovery, industrial size reduction, and waste-processing applications. With systems operating across global markets and the expanded strength of the Shred-Tech and Heico platform behind it, CM Shredders is positioned to compete with greater scale, broader capability, and sharper execution than ever before.