News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

NE-TECH Group announces the successful completion of cold commissioning across the entire Karcag end-of-life tire (ELT) pyrolysis facility, with MOL’s technical and chemical experts. After completing plant construction, this milestone marks the transition from cold-system verification to active start-up testing. The plant is now in test operation as part of ongoing hot commissioning. These test runs have produced tire pyrolysis oil (TPO). In parallel, NE-TECH has completed commissioning of the recovered carbon black (rCB) line together with Hosokawa Alpine and has successfully micronized rCB. The staged commissioning of the reactor lines will continue ahead of regular plant operation.

Dear tire pyrolysis operator, Are you seeking to increase the value of your products? We would like to alert you to an efficient way to expand your reach in international off-taker markets. As the ELT pyrolysis industry matures and operators strive towards higher-end markets for your tire pyrolysis oils (TPO) and recovered carbon black (rCB) outputs, it is becoming increasingly imperative to position your product with verifiable analyses of its impact on the environment.ISO-compliant Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) from traditional accredited institutes can be costly affairs with fees upward of USD 150,000 and need a lot of preparation and communication. Not many traditional LCA practitioners have experience and know-how regarding tire pyrolysis, and thus wrong assumptions can be made and results can be misleading. To accelerate the acceptance of TPO and rCB products Weibold has engaged in a cooperation with Boundless Impact Research & Analytics, Inc., (https://boundlessimpact.net/) a market intelligence and analytics firm that provides quantitative and evidence-based research, and specializing in performing LCAs for tire pyrolysis. As a team we have prepared a service that can:

Ash content remains one of the most widely used quality indicators for recovered carbon black (rCB). Recently, research has challenged the assumption that lower ash necessarily means better performance in rubber compounds. Carbonaceous residues formed during tire pyrolysis can dilute the measured ash percentage while adversely affecting the surface properties and reinforcing behavior of the recovered carbon black.

Following its sponsorship of rCB Asia 2026, Gangjin Engineering will join rCB Europe 2026 as a sponsor in Amsterdam this November. The team looks forward to continuing conversations from Asia and meeting others working on pyrolysis and recovered carbon black projects. Based in Korea, Gangjin Engineering designs and supplies equipment and process systems for tire and plastic pyrolysis and downstream recovered carbon black (rCB) processing. For rCB projects, its scope covers the steps from screening and magnetic separation through milling, classification, wet pelletizing, drying, cooling and packing. The starting point for each system is the material to be processed, the capacity needed and the requirements for the finished product.

Enviro reported third-quarter net revenues of SEK 0.02 million, down from SEK 1.6 million in the corresponding period of 2025. The operating loss was SEK 37.3 million compared with SEK 25.7 million a year earlier, while the loss after tax widened to SEK 37.3 million from SEK 25.4 million.

The company says Asian tire and rubber manufacturers are facing increasingly demanding material requirements as vehicle technologies, regulations and sustainability expectations evolve. Birla Carbon identifies electric mobility as one of the drivers increasing the importance of tire wear performance and energy efficiency. Electric vehicles can place different performance demands on tires, encouraging manufacturers to optimize compound formulations for durability, rolling resistance and other application-specific requirements.

Waste Energy said all major components of WE #1 are now in place following completion of the fifth major crane day at the Midland site. The remaining construction work is expected to focus primarily on connecting the system, completing piping and other ground-level mechanical work and preparing the equipment for testing and commissioning.

The second Tyrewise annual report, released on October 21, 2026, covers the first complete 12-month period of collections under New Zealand’s regulated tire stewardship system. Tyrewise Scheme Manager 3R Group said the longer reporting period provides a more complete view of how end-of-life tires move through the national system, from entry into the New Zealand market through collection, transport, processing and final recovery.

One of the applications highlighted by TNU is rubberized asphalt. Incorporating recycled tire rubber into asphalt mixtures can help reduce tire-road noise and improve pavement characteristics. TNU cites the PERSEUS research and development project carried out with Tecnalia, which in 2025 tested recycled-rubber pavements on a section of the AP-8 motorway in Bizkaia.