News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

In its latest press release, Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum), a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tires based on its patented pyrolysis technology, reports on the progress of the European BlackCycle project.

Wastefront, a Norwegian waste tire recycling company, has named Technip Energies as its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) partner for a £100 million (US$135.5 million) tire recycling plant in Sunderland, England

After a rigorous process and careful planning, Bolder Industries – an American tire pyrolysis operator fo-cused on recovered carbon black (rCB) has announced its new address in Europe. With canal, deep water, rail and motorway access the Port of Antwerp now provides sustainable and economically attractive de-livery options for Bolder’s global customer base.

The Tire Export Ban took effect on December 1, 2021, and Australia now faces a challenge: what to do with the 70,000 tons of whole and baled tires it used to export each year.

End-of-life tires (ELT) are a valuable resource for the circular economy. Of course, natural rubber is important, but it only makes up roughly a fifth of a passenger vehicle's tire. Synthetic polymers, steel, and textiles all play a role in the process.

The Indian government released a draft document in January 2022 that includes recycling rates for the years 2022-23. It affects businesses that engaged in “any activity of production/manufacturing of new tires, import of new/waste tires and recycling of waste tires”.

Goodyear has created a 70% sustainable-material content version of its Assurance all-season tire. The company is making strides toward its aim of developing a tire that is 100 percent sustainable by 2030.

According to official estimates, tire fly-tipping is on the rise in England and Wales. Kwik Fit's communications director, Roger Griggs, said: "There is absolutely no excuse for an end-of-life tire to be fly tipped. Tire dealers must ensure that used tires are dealt with by a registered waste company and those companies have a duty to process them responsibly.

According to Bandvulc’s latest information, their newly introduced zero-to-landfill policy ensures that no production waste goes to landfill and, as a result, 100% of the company’s waste is recycled. Even rubber dust buffed off during the preparation process is recycled back into new tires.