News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Liberty Tire Recycling says it is dedicated to finding new and better ways to reclaim, recycle and reuse end-of-life tires for eco-friendly products with innovative tools, technologies and processes. The company's efforts keep billions of pounds of material out of landfills, contribute to the well-being of our communities and the long-term health of our planet. To share its recent accomplishments as well as its long-term strategy for the development and implementation of sustainability initiatives and a commitment to transparency, Liberty Tires issued a report on its activities. Among other important things, Liberty pinpoint the growing role of tire pyrolysis and recovered carbon black (rCB) in its activities.

With the extension of the Shredpax Shredder Division into the repair and service of used shredders, the GRE or Global Recycling Equipment Group, which is controlled by the Burda Trust of Canada, has stated that it has expanded further into the multi-branding of shredders.

PRECIMECA, a company founded 1973 in France, offers a complete range of shredders and rotary shears for the treatment and recycling of waste (bulky, industrial, hazardous) and has recognized know-how in shredding scraped tyres. With the participation at the IFAT in Munich PRECIMECA decided to intensify them activity in the German-speaking market, and welcome the international audience to communicate them requirements personally with the present PRECIMECA staff. With more than 25 years of experience in the tyre recycling sector, PRECIMECA offers a wide range of systems and services in different countries. Delivery of shredders, as well as complete turnkey plants (stationary or mobile), conversion and modernization of existing plants, coupled with in-depth expertise which includes routine and extraordinary maintenance as well as needs analysis to offer specific recycling solutions.

On April 22, the experts related to the tire and recycling sector met at a Forum to discuss "The new waste law and its impact on the recycling of end-of-life tires" organized by TNU within the framework of the Motortec Madrid 2022. Javier de Jesús Landesa Operational Director of TNU, Fernando Burgaz, Head of the Subdirectorate General Area for Circular Economy of

Black Bear – the Dutch tire upcycling company – has appointed Richard Dikkers as its new Commercial Director. Before joining Black Bear, Dikkers spent thirteen years at Oiltanking, most recently as Director New Business & Market Intelligence. In his new position he will support Black Bear in solving the global waste tire problem with the company’s circular economy-based business model.

Michelin has produced a new version of its motorcycle racing tire, with an even higher share of environmentally sustainable material ahead of the MotoE World Cup motorcycle racing series. The new version consists of an average of 40% sustainable material, a significant portion of which is recovered carbon black (rCB) supplied by Enviro. At the same time, Michelin has taken another step towards mass production of its tire with improved sustainability performance.

Renowned Danish manufacturer of tire recycling equipment, ELDAN Recycling A/S, presented test set-up for pre-cut mining tire recycling. The shredder plant or the c-plant as it is called in-house, consisting of an ELDAN Super Chopper and an ELDAN Multi Purpose Rasper with a feeding silo in front to ensure a continuous flow. The plant was tested with pre-cut mining truck tyres, one of the toughest materials to shred.

The numbers for tires from the replacement market for the first quarter of 2022 have been released by RecyBEM. RecyBEM takes a look back at a quarter in which the quantity of recyclables collected increased. In the first quarter of 2022, the Netherlands gathered 2.4 million used car tires from the replacement market.

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