News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Swedish Tyre Recycling and Norwegian Tyre Recycling are entering into a joint venture for the management of end-of-life tyres in both countries. All operational activities will be coordinated through Bon Orbit, a jointly owned company between the two parties. The shared ambition is to increase the supply of high-quality recycled raw materials and accelerate the development of new circular applications.

The Environment Agency Austria has opened registration for its upcoming Expert Panel on Tackling Tire Wear and Associated Chemical Risks, to be held on November 27, 2025, at the DemoCenter Pier 50 in Vienna and online. The event is organized on behalf of the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management.

The REMADE Institute®, a division of the Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance Corp., today issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit both technology development projects and technology demonstration projects that will increase the reuse, remanufacturing/retreading, or recycling of end-of-life tires (ELT) generated in New York State.

TIP has launched an Open Call for Projects (OCP) as an opportunity to engage scientists and innovators working on research that is aligned with TIP’s key objectives and can contribute to advancing sustainability practices and environmental stewardship within the tire industry. This initiative will select and provide financial support to projects showing the highest degree of innovation and feasibility with regard to the assessment and measurement of tire wear emissions, i.e. the material produced during the use phase of a tire.

Pyrum Innovations AG has scheduled the official groundbreaking ceremony for its new tire recycling plant in Perl-Besch, Germany, for November 14, 2025. The facility, which will be the company's largest to date, is designed to process more than 22,000 tons of end-of-life tires annually and will be fully owned and operated by Pyrum. Once operational, the plant will more than double the company's total recycling capacity.

Ahead of the European Commission’s “Implementation Dialogue on Energy Efficient Product Legislation,” the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has released a new analysis conducted by Lizeo, reviewing more than one million tyre labels recorded across the EU and EFTA between 2012 and 2023.

Fornnax Technology Pvt Ltd, a leading recycling equipment manufacturing company, has announced the launch of its latest breakthrough – the R-MAX3300, the biggest secondary shredder in its class. The unveiling took place on 14th October, 2025 at IFAT India 2025 in Mumbai, India, one of the most prestigious events for environmental technologies, waste management, and sustainable resource innovation.

I Squared Capital (“I Squared”), a leading independent global infrastructure investor, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Liberty Tire Recycling (“Liberty” or the “Company”) from Energy Capital Partners (“ECP”), a leading investment firm in the energy transition infrastructure sector. Liberty Tire Recycling is North America’s premier end-of-life tire recycling platform, providing comprehensive tire collection, processing and recycling solutions. The transaction adds Liberty to I Squared’s growing global portfolio of environmental infrastructure platforms and reinforces the firm’s commitment to building sustainable businesses that deliver both economic and environmental value.

A new study published by Nature explores the potential of using steel fibers recovered from waste tires as a sustainable alternative to manufactured steel fibers (MSF) in concrete reinforcement. With more than one billion tires reaching end of life annually and an estimated half a million tons of recoverable steel fiber generated in Europe each year, the research addresses both a waste management issue and an opportunity to reduce the construction industry’s environmental footprint.