News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Last week, from June 6 till June 12, Tyre Stewardship Australia proudly supported Australian Made Week. Australian Made Week highlights the makers and growers that are boosting the local economy, particularly in a post-pandemic climate where locally sourced product is more important than ever.

More than 3.3 million used tires the Ecuadorian Comprehensive Management System for Used Tires (Seginus) has managed to recycle since its creation in 2018. These tires were given a second use and have been used for granulating processes by 52%, in pyrolysis with 24%, cogeneration of energy with 23% and in the production of handicrafts with 1%.

Progress has been made in the talks to achieve the recycling of end-of-life tires (ELT) in order to reduce the negative impact on the environment and human health caused by ELT as solid waste from the Environmental Management Directorate of the Municipality of Franck (FIMA). The administration has developed partnerships with Worms Argentina, a company that specializes in processing tires to create the raw materials needed to develop new goods like granulated rubber, steel, fabrics, flooring, tiles, posts, wires, speed bumps, and drainage.

Innovative products capable of combining high performance, quality, environmental sustainability and exceptional resistance to shocks, enhancing elasticity and providing excellent response to vibrations and high soundproofing characteristics, available to industries and consumers. From 9 to 11 June the innovative Tyreplast materials made thanks to the union of recycled rubber powder from ELTs and thermoplastic materials return to the MECSPE in Bologna Fiere: an innovation developed in the Tyreplast research project promoted by Ecopneus with the support of Idea Plast.

600 disused tires were recently collected in the Malvinas neighborhood of Jujuy Argentina. In a programme called “Neumatón”, they collected 600 disused tires in Jujuy. “It’s not just about recycling casings, but about dengue prevention,” local officials stressed. Residents of the southern sector of the city, in Argentina’s most north-westerly province bordering Chile and Bolivia,

The 27th ETRA Conference on Tire Recycling, which had been postponed by Covid, was held in Brussels. It was a great tribute to the late Dr. Valerie Shulman, whose presence was missed by many who knew her and were familiar with her emphatic control of the previous events.

Continental continues its commitment as a main and safety partner as well as a supplier of tyres for the Tour de France. Prior to this year’s edition of the Tour de France begins in Copenhagen on July 1, 2022, Continental will extend its long-standing, trusting partnership and sponsorship activities up to and including 2027. As one of the five main partners and the stage winner partner, together with the Tour’s organising body, ASO, the tyre manufacturer will continue to actively shape the world’s largest and most important cycling race in the coming years, and make its contribution toward a safe and sustainable future for the Tour.

Pyrum Innovations AG reports further progress in the European Union’s BlackCycle project. On 24 May 2022, the successful completion of the trial campaign was celebrated. In this campaign, various process conditions regarding the composition of ELT, the temperature profile and the residence time were first extensively researched on a laboratory scale. After successful determination of the optimal reaction parameters, several experimental campaigns on an industrial scale followed.

The global manufacturing community is certainly used to facing and overcoming challenges, yet 2022 has been particularly problematic with the pressures of soaring energy costs and resource limitations. These obstacles are forcing the sector to look afresh at sustainable raw material alternatives, including Recovered Carbon Black. . Made from recycled waste tyres, rCB can, depending on the applications, fully replace virgin carbon black or be blended with and integrated into existing recipes, offering sustainability & cost benefits.