News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Scandinavian Enviro Systems – a Swedish tire pyrolysis equipment manufacturer and operator – informs about the large demand for recovered pyrolysis oil foreseen by the company’s feasibility study. According to Enviro, there are favorable opportunities to establish a commercially successful pyrolysis plant based on Enviro’s technology in the UK. This was the conclusion of a feasibility study that commenced in November 2020 and has now been completed. According to the study, the favorable conditions stem primarily from the large domestic demand for recovered oil for the production of renewable vehicle fuel.

The Reivew, a Canadian newspaper, informs about the latest updates to Ecolomondo’s tire pyrolysis facility in Hawkesbury, Canada. According to the newspaper, the new Ecolomondo Thermal Decomposition (TDP) in Hawkesbury will be the first of its kind in the world when it begins operations scheduled for summer 2021. The Reivew says the new plant is equipped with the latest technology and will be the first automotive tire pyrolysis facility which will be able to completely recycle all materials from end of-life tires. The plant will produce marketable end-products: oil, steel, fiber, recycled carbon black and syngas, and will be equipped to secondary process them to improve their quality.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) – a Swedish tire pyrolysis equipment manufacturer and operator – reports its options-based incentive scheme was approved at the Annual General Meeting on May 20; moreover, it had generated substantial interest among key employees and Board members when the subscription period ended on 11 June. The scheme raised a total of SEK 5,600,000 (EUR 550,000) to the Company as of 16 June this year.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) released the Natural Rubber Trends, May 2021. In the report, ANRPC says the world has changed after the pandemic happened. Most countries are still battling with Covid-19 and its mutation variants, millions of lives taken by the pandemic and reshuffled the ordinance of people and economy under a new norm of standard operation procedures during this pandemic era.

A new law passed by the South Carolina General Assembly allows for steep fines and even jail time for tire recyclers who fail to follow state regulations. According to the newspaper, the proposal signed into law this month by Governor Henry McMaster allows a fine of up to $10,000 per day for a first violation of the rules and $25,000 a day for any additional violations.

On June 7, BBC reported about a pile of artificial turf at a site of the local football team Southend United set ablaze. Accourding to BBC, four firefighters’ crews attended the scene of a fire on Monday evening near Roots Hall, the home ground of Southend United football club. T the area was covered with thick black smoke coming from a building on Roots Hall Avenue, near the 12,000-capacity stadium. The media says at least four fire engines were in attendance, with social media images showed a pile of artificial turf on fire at the site. The public have been told to avoid the area and close their windows and doors if living nearby. Essex County and Fire Rescue Service said the blaze is at a commercial premises and began at 5:45 pm.

The French sports retail company Decathlon together with its innovation partners Rubberlink and Tintex, initiated two of these pilot projects, which consist of prototype footwear made from recycled end-of-life tires. The innovators at Rubberlink created a solution of devulcanized tire rubber that allowed Decathlon Portugal to produce a prototype shoe with a 100 per cent recycled rubber sole. According to data from Genan, in comparison with the use of virgin raw materials to produce similar products, for each ton of tire that is recycled, less than 700 kg of carbon emissions are produced.

The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) – an umbrella organization for European Recycling Industries – holds Recyclers’ Talks Webinars. The webinar series by EuRIC connects the dots between EU decision-makers and recyclers to discuss the building blocks required to speed up the transition towards a more circular economy and achieve Europe's climate neutral agenda.

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.