News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

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Currently rubber recycled from end-of-life tires (ELTs) was ranked 3rd among the most suitable candidate streams for which to develop further EU-wide end-of-waste (EoW) criteria in the European Commission JRC’s report. The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ association (ETRMA) and the European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) are pleased about this prioritization exercise, although they are right to wonder why there is no date on the horizon. The 3rd place (after Plastic and Textiles) is still worth a medal, nevertheless. Considering the enormous potential of chemical recycling (pyrolysis) of ELTs, the (very) few missing points could have been made up (author's opinion) and a time horizon might be foreseeable.

At the Future of Retreading and Recycling Conference conducted at Autopromotec on in May 2022, industry professionals highlighted numerous noteworthy tire recycling and retreading topics. Italian Autopromotec, a trade show for the automobile aftermarket that increasingly incorporates recycling, was one of the biggest and most informative events of late spring 2022.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) – a Swedish tire pyrolysis operator and equipment manufacturer – has been granted an environmental permit for the planned tire pyrolysis plant in Uddevalla, Sweden. As previously announced by Enviro, the application pertained to the establishment of a tire pyrolysis plant on an industrial site in the Lillesjö district of Uddevalla Municipality. The facility will have the capacity to process up to 60,000 tons per year, which would suffice for the recycling of more than 60 percent of Sweden’s total annual volume of end-of-life tires. The environmental permit application for the facility was filed in mid-November of last year.

The search for ELTs (end of life tires) by Marevivo and EcoTyre in Italy on land and at sea has begun, and this year the companies begin in Mazara del Vallo. Thanks to the extra collections arranged by EcoTyre and carried out with the invaluable assistance of Marevivo volunteers, this year marks the ninth edition of this effort, supported by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, in support of the environment and the conservation of the sea.

The AZuR partner meeting approves a three-year extension of the joint commitment. The Klima Arena in Sinsheim provided the perfect location for the network gathering of the AZuR partners from Germany and the Benelux on June 14, 2022. Over 20 of the already 50 partners—companies from the tire and recycling sector, associations, media, environmental authorities, universities, and research institutions—attended to work together on initiatives, ideas, solutions, and visions for the sustainable tire cycle of the future.

For everyone interested in the conference, Weibold has prepared a special PROMO CODE “RCB21WB”, which gives a special 10% discount. To register for the conference and use the promo code, please proceed to the event’s website. Following on from last year's hugely successful online event and the 2019 in-person event, Smithers have announced Recovered Carbon Black plans to travel to Amsterdam on the 23-24 November 2021.

According to recent messages from SIGNUS – a Spanish end-of-life tire authority – when NEX Tires reach the end of their usable life, SIGNUS will take care of their further fate. When the tires NEX sells reach the end of their useful lives, the tire distributor NEX Tires has partnered with SIGNUS Ecovalor to manage the environment.

The Canadian Tire and Rubber Association (TRAC) has announced the recipients of its inaugural industry leadership awards for 2022. The End-of-Life Tyre Management Companies and Other Businesses Focused on Sustainability were recognized by the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada as exceptional individuals and businesses for their devotion and commitment to excellence in the tyre and rubber industry.