News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Hernán Di Leo, ELT manager at Prometeon, is quoted in a article in Argentina's Clarin Economica as saying, "I have been in charge of recycling the tires we sell for six months. I initially believed it would be a task, but I became deeply immersed and found a wonderful activity." Prometeon is Argentina's largest distribution network, with over 1,100 people and about 120 points of sale. Although it must be made clear that the procedure only accepts high-quality tires, "the reuse of tires is a crucial to the sustainability of the business," adds Di Leo. And he adds that "a tyre requires at least 250 years to biodegrade," according to estimates. Other supplementary possibilities exist, such as tyre repair through retreading techniques. But even after retreading, a tire's usable life eventually expires. Because of this, Prometeon established its ELT Program, which entails repurposing recycled tire parts into things like playground equipment for kids, artificial turf for soccer fields, and energy sources for businesses in the cement sector.

At the most recent Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville, Tennessee, Bridgestone unveiled a new IndyCar tire that uses a sidewall composed of natural rubber derived from the guayule desert shrub.

A recent effort to smuggle illegal goods was prevented by Pakistan's Collectorate of Customs Appraisement (West), Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Karachi. They claimed that the cargo of illegal goods had a value of Rs 453 million.

Pyrum Innovations AG (Pyrum), a pioneer in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tires (ELT) based on its patented pyrolysis technology, is closing material cycles together with BASF SE and Mercedes-Benz AG. For this purpose, Pyrum supplies the cooperation partner BASF SE with pyrolysis oil, which is used in combination with biomethane as a raw material in the production of virgin plastics for Mercedes-Benz vehicle components.

BlackCycle – the research project coordinated by Michelin and aimed to enable a massive circular economy of tires by designing world-first processes to produce new tires from end-of-life tires (ELTs) – is now followed by WhiteCycle project.

The new Extended Producer Responsibility for Waste Tyre Policy, released on July 23 by India's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, has given the country's retreading industry a huge boost by recognizing retreaders as a necessary element of the waste tyre management system and by including retreading as an integral part of the Policy.

Grant applications are open for the $2 million federal and Victorian government-funded Victorian Circular Economy Recycling Modernisation Fund, covering recycling and remanufacturing of plastic, paper, cardboard, and tires.

The All India Rubber & Tyre Recycling Association's (AIRTRA) Vice President, Vishesh Agarwal, was interviewed by Tyre & Rubber Recycling Correspondent Satnam Singh for Episode 34 of the Tyre Recycling Podcast. Watch Vishesh talk about the future of EPR and tyre pyrolysis in India as well as his work with AIRTRA.

LD Carbon, a waste treatment and raw material recycling company from South Korea, announced on August 16th that it had succeeded in attracting 15 million USD of “Series A” investment. In this “Series A” of LD Carbon, Value System Asset Management participated as an anchor investor, and four investment institutions, including Korea Investment & Securities Co., Pentastone Investment & Elohim Partners, participated.