News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

According to TRS, not all rubber powders are created equal. TRS’s proprietary process starts with a highly specialized water-jet system that pulverizes tire tread into fine powder, free from steel and synthetic fibres. Heat- and chemical-free jet milling ensures the highest quality fine powder outputs. Some of the benefits that can be observed when using TyreXol™

T.O. Fuller State Park outside Memphis, Tennessee has had a new 2.5 mile trail laid using recycled tire rubber. The walking and biking path is one of the longest rubber-base trails in the U.S. Local contractors and volunteers collected more than 24,000 tires that had been illegally dumped in the area from passenger, commercial truck and heavy equipment vehicles.

Rubber from end-of-life tires acts like sunscreen for roads and halves the rate of sun damage when mixed with bitumen, new research by RMIT University and Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) has found. RMIT University engineers collaborated with Tyre Stewardship Australia to discover the perfect blend that is both UV-resistant and withstands traffic loads, with the potential to save governments millions on road maintenance annually.

ACI offers a special 10% discount to all Weibold’s subsribers available via the promo code “CCBe2RB10”. For further information or to register your attendance contact Rohan Baryah on rbayrah@acieu.net or + 48 61 646 7022 quoting the promo code. The two-day event will bring together senior representatives of the different stakeholders involved in this sector, from producers, technology developers, rubber producers, chemical suppliers, researchers, as well as other influential stakeholders from the value chain.

The tire waste management scheme, RepakELT launched in Ireland two years ago demonstrated effectiveness as the country managed to recycle 97 percent of scrap tires during the first year of the project, the Irish Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Richard Bruton T.D. said in a recent report. The official emphasized that the scheme is being further worked on as it received 15 recommendations for improvement; stakeholders are expected to consider them. Burton also stressed that it was important to make tire manufacturers take responsibility for the environmental impact of tires.

CarbonX – a specialty carbon black manufacturer from the Netherlands – asserts its sustainable products can improve both tire performance and fuel efficiency at real world tests. Besides, the company's products is positioned as "reducing CO₂ emissions", which the company demonstrates in the video below. CarbonX highlights that during tire manufacturing, the downstream emissions outweigh upstream emissions.

Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) – an end-of-life tire management organization promoting sustainable recycling and reuse practices – invites to attend a Tech Talk on Crumb Rubber in Asphalt, which is to be help at RMIT University in Melbourne on July 7, 2022.

Last week, David Spear FAICD FAIM – the Chairman of Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) – met with Large Format Retail Association (LFRA) Members from across Australia to discuss the role of product stewardship, and how LFRA members can learn and be part of the sustainable management of end-of-life tires.

6PPD is an antioxidant and antiozonant that helps prevent the degradation and cracking of rubber compounds caused by exposure to oxygen, ozone and temperature fluctuation. 6PPD is used industry wide to help tires resist degradation and cracking, which is vital for driver and passenger safety. Antioxidants support increased tire endurance. There are no known alternatives to 6PPD that provide the same safety and performance characteristics in a tire.