News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

ASTM International’s recovered carbon black (rCB) committee (D36) says it is developing a proposed standard that will be used to differentiate between different rCB products and provide quality control tool for producers and users. According to ASTM International member Pieter ter Haar, the proposed standard (WK81244) will explain how thermogravimetry (TGA), a type of thermal analysis, can be used to measure rCB bulk composition parameters. TGA can also measure organic residuals, ash content, and overall carbon content.

Pyrum Innovations AG ("Pyrum"), one of the pioneers in the sustainable recycling of end-of-life tyres (ELT) based on its pyrolysis technology, announces that the Supervisory Board has prematurely extended the contract with CEO Pascal Klein by five years until 1 February 2028. Mr Klein co-founded Pyrum Innovations ESC GmbH in 2008 and was managing partner of the company from 2008 to 2018. Since the company's change of legal form and name to Pyrum Innovations AG in 2018, he has been CEO of the company.

Tyre dumps are always an environmental issue, and until they are addressed, they will remain a problem. Whilst attention was focused on Kuwait, it is a reality that other states also have large tyre dumps. Qatar was until recently the home to a large tyre dump at its Umm Al Afai landfill. However, it has recently cleared the site and returned it to its natural state.

As we informed earlier, Frankfurt will host the 2nd European Carbon Black Summit on 22–23 June 2022. The two day event will bring together senior representatives of the different stakeholders involved in this sector, from producers, technology developers, rubber producers, chemical suppliers, researchers, as well as other influential stakeholders from the value chain.

The renowned in the tyre retreading industry British magazine Retreading Business, its correspondent Richard Wilson and publisher David Wilson, run a podcast exposing interesting topics and announcing updates to the tyre retreading sector. In the Retreadcast, Richard Wilson interviews key personalities from the retreading industry from around the world. Make sure to subscribe for Retreading Business magazine to receive updates about its interviews!

The BVSE – a German association of tires & rubber recycling and disposal specialists – has exchanged views with the German Federal Environment Agency, Umweltbundesamt (UBA), on the reorganization of tire recycling.

Rubberized asphalt has been around for a long time, and its supporters have a long list of arguments for its use. However, according to a new study on the effects of UV light on rubber modified bitumen, rubberized asphalt can protect road surfaces from UV aging.

SIGNUS has released its Annual Global Assessment Report for the 3rd Business Plan for the Minimization of End-of-Life Tires 2018-2021, which includes all manufacturers as well as 233 intra-community importers and purchasers, accounting for 98.9% of all declared tire arisings to SIGNUS in the previous four years. They've taken a variety of steps to avoid the generation of end-of-life tires.

The renowned in the tyre recycling industry British magazine Tyre & Rubber Recycling, its Chief Editor Ewan Scott and a correspondent Richard Wilson, run a podcast exposing interesting topics and announcing updates to the tyre recycling and pyrolysis industries.