News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

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

Tyre Recycling Solutions SA reports that a new project initiated by the Works Department of the city of Prilly (Switzerland) was carried out using TyreXol™ MMA – an activated recycled rubber powder with exceptional versatility – in the base and bearing layer. The asphalt was manufactured by the Famobit power plant (Bussigny) and installed by the Frutiger company.

Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum) has published its 2021 annual financial statements and, for the first time, consolidated financial statements for 2021. In the past financial year 2021, the Group achieved a total output of EUR 3.7 million, an increase of 106% compared to the previous year (2020: EUR 1.8 million). In the reporting period, the total output mainly consists of own work capitalised in the amount of EUR 2.8 million and sales, which increased to EUR 0.9 million.

The Tire Cologne, which ended on Thursday, 26 May 2022, confirmed its position as the leading international platform of the global tire and wheel industries with a strong course of the trade fair. Especially with a view to the current geopolitical situation, the trade fair convinced across the board with around 12,000 trade visitors from 100 countries. The around 300 exhibiting companies and brands from 35 countries were highly satisfied with the gratifyingly high visitor frequency, the internationality and the convincing quality of the trade visitors.