News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Britain’s Tyre Recovery Association has slammed the waste compliance standards of some signatories to the Basel Convention at this year’s European Tyre Recycling Association Conference that took place in Brussels on May 30 – June 1.

The Tire Cologne, which ended on Thursday, 26 May 2022, returned after a Covid imposed absence with a series of panels on tire recycling. Representatives of the renowned in tire recycling industry British magazines Tyre and Rubber Recycling and Retreading Business successfully presented at the Tyre Recycling Forum of The Tire Cologne.

Anyline allows the whole tire industry to implement data management for every tire sold and disposed of. Tire tagging has been discussed and tested in the UK, with the goal of retailers tagging tires upon disposal. If those tires turn up later at dumpsites, the source can be tracked down and the illegal operator chased down. Such projects have been funded by local governments and police forces.

Phoenix Industries announced the successful completion of the first trial project with their PelletPAVE™ pelletized rubber modified binder. Approximately 150 mix tons of the rubber modified hot mix asphalt was produced and placed in Pahrump, Nevada.

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Carbon pricing is a policy tool that governments can use as part of their broader climate strategy. A price is placed on greenhouse gas emissions, which creates a financial incentive to reduce those emissions or enhance removals. By incorporating climate change costs into economic decision-making, carbon pricing can help encourage changes in production, consumption, and investment patterns, thereby underpinning low-carbon growth.

In May 2022, Martin von Wolfersdorff – a renown carbon black expert from Berlin – visited the Tire Technology Expo in Hannover. During his visit, Martin was interviewing some industry experts about the recent breakthroughs and developments in sustainable rubber, sustainable carbon black and other material recovery related topics. In the video below Martin von Wolfersdorff is interviewing Gautier Munsch and Kubat Narynbek from DECATHLON FRANCE about bike tires and sustainability – a remarkable achievement of Decathlon's R&D team.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Bernard Davis, announced the awarding of a new contract to Halifax C&D Recycling that will provide an in-province recycling solution for used tires in Newfoundland and Labrador. He was joined by Derm Flynn, Chair, Multi-Materials Stewardship Board and Bev Connell, Director of C&D Material Operations, Halifax C&D Recycling to mark this new milestone for the province.

Wastefront AS, a waste tire recycling company based in Oslo, has announced an agreement with Dubai-based tire company Gateway Resources that guarantees the complete supply of end-of-life-tires for Wastefront’s Port of Sunderland plant