News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Bolder Industries – an American renowned tire pyrolysis operator and recovered carbon black producer – has been granted two tax abatements by the Terre Haute City Council for setting up a new pyrolysis plant in the city. Bolder Industries Inc. is investing $40 million in the former Pyrolyx USA plant to start a used tire recycling operation.

On April 15, SK Energy and SK Networks announced that they will collaborate with Daeho Industries, Korea's leading retread tyre manufacturer, to develop a low-carbon circular system that utilizes scrap tyres. According to the agreement, the three parties will analyze the viability of the pyrolysis process that produces recovered carbon black and pyrolysis oil, as well as the measures to strengthen the collection and delivery system of waste tyres in South Korea.

Recently Ecolomondo announced plans to expand its production facilities with a new factory to be built near Shamrock, Texas. The Canadian company will invest C$110 million in the new factory, which will have six reactors and be capable of handle over 50,000 tons of tires every year.

Rubber Conversion, an Italian rubber recycler, has closed a €2.5 million fund raising round to expand manufacturing capacity and enter new markets. Rubber Conversion, based in Verona, Italy, has a patented industrial technology for rubber devulcanization and produces devulcanized 'high-quality' rubber mixtures that are "free of dangerous chemicals and have a low environmental impact."

Cleantire and Linglong Tire have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The online cloud signing event was attended by Mr. Wang Feng, Chairman and President of Linglong Tire, and Jiang Yong, President of Cleantire. Recycling and disposing of waste tires has become a hot topic in the industry as people become more aware of the need to protect the environment. Linglong,

On November 22, Michelin and Bridgestone publicly announced their collaboration on developing the recovered carbon black at the Smithers rCB Conference in Amsterdam. Following the announcement, some work has been done by the companies to reach the circular goals set at the conference. In April 2022, Bridgestone and Michelin issued a position paper on increasing the use of recovered carbon black in tires to achieve a more sustainable mobility ecosystem. In this article, we provide the original document below

Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone), a global leader in tires and sustainable mobility solutions, announced an exclusive partnership with Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) company, LanzaTech NZ, Inc. (LanzaTech) to address end-of-life tire waste.

Max Lam, the Director of Autocycle International, has a vision for a safe and sustainable future for tire recycling in Australia and is setting the bar high at a new plant in the Melbourne suburb of Altona North. Max Lam is a seasoned environmental consultant and for more than 10 years has worked in contaminated land management and compliance issues.

Warren County is seeking for a new way to recycle tires, and during the most recent Tri County Railroad Authority meeting, a few options were discussed. According to County Executive Jimmy Haley, the existing location where Warren County recycles tires has increased its cost by 40%. Recycling tires with the current company will no longer be cost-effective due to this rise.