News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Recycling end-of-life tires range from flower pots to anything that summons creativity. The Japanese brand TREAD&GROOVE transforms the tires that end up in landfills into the outsoles of their shoes, a testament to their ethos of upcycling.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is a legally autonomous, independent EU authority which, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 (REACH), regulates the technical, scientific, and administrative aspects of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals.

The company has launched its Cutter Sales Division which will deliver new and rebuilt cutters for up to 30 percent faster lead times. The new Saturn Cutter Division now provides legacy customers of dual- and quad-shaft industrial Saturn shredders with replacement rebuilt cutter blades, including spacers or brand new blades.

Valorpneu, the Portuguese management entity of the Integrated System for the Management of Used Tires in Portugal, celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year. Since the beginning of its activity in 2002, Valorpneu has managed a network of operators that collect, recover, and recycle end-of-life tires.

Black Bear Carbon announced that they are going start building the plant at the Chemelot Industrial Park, Geleen (Limburg). Last week Black Bear Carbon team together with the potential investor NEOS Direct Lending visited Chemelot.

Episode 21 of the Retreadcast sees Edd Burleson, the President of Central Marketing discuss a wide variety of topics facing the company and the retreading market from the impact of technology on the retreading market, to the role of sustainability in the US retreading market and how Central Marketing has adapted to the new working practices brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CM Shredders – one of the leading tire recycling equipment manufacturers worldwide – announced recently the installation of a new state-of-the-art, high-capacity automated tire shredding system for its customer Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) in Suffolk, Virginia, USA. According to CM’s press release, the new system, which can process end-of-life car, truck and light OTR tires, features CM's brand new HT-250 Hybrid Primary Shredder integrated with a high-volume automatic infeed system. According to CM, the system’s capacity reached 30 tons per hour during runoff tests.

Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum) – a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tires (ELT) based on its pyrolysis technology – filed an application for a secondary listing in the Scale segment with Deutsche Börse AG in Frankfurt.

Episode 31 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast focuses on tire derived aggregate as Ewan Scott interviews Andreas Petterssen, the Head of R&D at Wieder Tech. In the context of soaring heating bills and the ongoing question about how the tire industry will deal with a 100% of its tire arisings, Petterssen sheds light on Wieder Tech's innovative engineering.