News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Tyromer – a Canadian tire devulcanization company – announced that its recycled rubber material, produced via its environmentally sustainable, non-chemical extruder devulcanization of end-of-life tire rubber, is now used by Continental Tires. This is the result of a multi-year collaboration driven by the shared commitment of the two companies to circular economy in which end-of-life tire rubber is reused in the production of new tires. Tire-to-Tire recycling represents in many cases the most direct and energy efficient way to reuse what is still largely considered and treated as a waste.

The results are in from the world’s first full-scale test of concrete road safety barriers constructed with rubber crumb from end-of-life tires; and a new, innovative Australian public safety product has passed the ‘crash test’ and is now on track to go to market. The product – called Rubber T-Lok – has been developed by Saferoads and researchers from the University of Melbourne’s Advanced Protective Technologies of Engineering Structures (APTES) Research Group, with funding and support from Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA).

SIGNUS’s project created in partnership with Segurvital – as well as initiatives by Aigües de Mataró, Heineken, Circoolar, Unidad Editorial - Expansión, and Universidad Francisco de Vitoria – has won in various categories in the 4th BASF Circular Economy Awards which took place in Madrid on November 10. As the SME category winner, SIGNUS highlights its involvement in the project developed with the company Segurvital, which has approved a protection system for motorcyclists that incorporates rubber rollers from tires and demonstrated outstanding effectiveness in tests.

Every year almost 300 million scrap tires are generated in the United States. One of the most beneficial uses involves producing Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) from scrap tires and using the GTR to create Rubber-Modified Asphalt (RMA). RMA has been used in the U.S. since the 1960s, but extensive market adoption is yet to occur, although use of rubber modified asphalt has increased approximately 50% since 2017. Depending on the application, one lane mile can use up to 2,000 scrap tires. On December 8 from 1 - 4 pm ET, join the Northeast Recycling Council, the Northeast Waste Management Officials Association and the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association as they host a webinar to discuss performance, economic and environmental benefits of using rubber modified asphalt. This workshop will:

The BlackCycle 2022 workshop is getting ready. This year the workshop will be held in Zaragoza, Spain. This event aims to bring together the wider community of the BlackCycle project. Partners and stakeholders from various horizons are expected to come to Zaragoza and share the last news concerning BlackCycle. Whether you are interested in the BlackCycle solution, whether you have ideas for the consortium, whether you are expecting more circularity in society: you are welcomed to join this event in November,2022, 22nd &23rd to discover:

Today, on November 21, 2022 Robert Weibold, a tire recycling and pyrolysis consultant from Vienna, Austria, speaks in the new episode of Rubber Industry NewsHour. The topic of Robert’s presentation is “Waste Tyres & Pyrolysis: Status Quo, Trends, and Challenges”. Rubber Industry NewsHour is a weekly program for Rubber Industry on Every Monday. This program is managed and owned by TechnoBiz. Since January 2022, TechnoBiz has hosted 42 episodes so far. This program has been well-received by rubber industry professionals across the world.

Birla Carbon – one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of high-quality carbon black solutions – celebrates its ‘Decade of Sustainability Excellence. Birla Carbon has been reporting on Sustainability since 2013. Some of its many success stories over the last decade have been shared on a webpage titled Decade of Sustainability on the Birla Carbon website. Sharing his thoughts on the milestone, John Loudermilk, Chief Executive Officer, Birla Carbon, said, “Birla Carbon has been focused on Sustainability to build leadership in its business, as well as, a better future for all.

Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum), a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tyres based on its patented pyrolysis technology, has been named an “Employer of the Future” (Arbeitgeber der Zukunft) by the German Innovation Institute for Sustainability and Digitalisation (Deutsche Innovationsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit und Digitalisierung, DIND). The award was based on a multi-stage assessment process in which DIND experts examined the Company's sustainability and analysed its digital touchpoints and brand presence. The official award ceremony will take place on 1 December 2022 in Cologne by the former Federal Minister of Economics Brigitte Zypries.

Recycling companies warn that proposed EU regulations could result in the export of millions of tires for disposal or incineration. The European Recycling Industries' Confederation (EuRIC) charged that the European Commission's draft legislation, which would essentially ban the addition of rubber granules made from recycled tyres to AstroTurf sport fields, was in direct opposition to the Commission's own circular economy agenda.