News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

In the frame of the 29th ETRA Conference on Tyre Recycling a lively workshop by RE-PLAN CITY LIFE project "Recycled materials and Public works: How to reduce the gap?" will be held on April 17, 2024. The workshop will illustrate the tools put in place by the project to stimulate a stronger engagement from the Public Authorities to adopt best practices and Green Procurement.

Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) under the aegis of MoEF&CC, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Ministry of Road Transport & Highways - India is organizing a one-day conference on "Policy Perspective: Strengthening Circularity through Extended Producer Responsibility". Franklin Raj, the pyrolysis business analyst, will participate in the conference on behalf of Weibold’s team and will present on "Global status quo of ELT pyrolysis and recovered Carbon black".

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On July 14, 2021, the European Commission unveiled the 'fit for 55' package to align with the EU's target of a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, part of the broader European Green Deal aiming for climate neutrality by 2050. The package revises the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), increasing the target for renewable energy consumption from 32% to 40%, later raised to 45% under the REPowerEU plan. Additional targets are proposed for sectors like transport, buildings, industry, and heating, advancing the EU's transition to a greener future.

On March 28, Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum) published its trading update for Q4 2023 and preliminary figures for the full year 2023. According to the company's press release, sales increased by 17% year-on-year to EUR 1,147 thousand (2022: EUR 982 thousand). Pyrum is currently focusing on improving the throughput of the agglomeration plant for further processing the recovered carbon black (rCB) and the new tyre shredding plant. The aim is to achieve greater sales increases in the future.

Biesterfeld Performance Rubber, a division of the Biesterfeld Group, has been selected as distributor by global recycling company Genan for their micronized rubber powders as well as for the easy-to-use rubber modifier GENAN RUBBER+ PREMIXED. The distribution agreement covers the Mechanical Rubber Goods segment in the European rubber market with immediate effect. With this new, international partnership, Biesterfeld Performance Rubber is further expanding its rubber portfolio of innovative and sustainable products, while Genan is strengthening focus on developing new applications for their recycled rubber products.

As per the recent EuRIC's press release, the Council's adoption of the revised waste shipment rules marks a significant step towards modernizing intra-EU waste shipments rules and tackling illegal shipments. EuRIC welcomes the updated rules facilitating intra-EU waste shipments with the explicit goal of achieving a circular economy, and clarifying that unintentional administrative errors do not render a whole shipment illegal.

Levidian – a British climate tech business whose patented technology cracks methane into hydrogen and carbon, locking the carbon into high-quality green graphene – has unveiled its first prototype truck tire, combining net zero graphene with carbon black in a new tread formulation that could unlock a future of greener, higher performance tires.

The winners of the 2024 Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Excellence were announced at an evening drinks reception held at the Deutsche Messe on March 19, during Tire Technology Expo. Tire Technology International caught up with the winners after the event, to find out what these prestigious awards mean to them. Comprising 13 categories, the awards are a celebration of recent advances in tire technology and progress toward a greener and more sustainable industry, and a chance to acknowledge the personal achievements of some remarkable individuals.