News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

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Birla Carbon, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality carbon materials, is co-hosting the Conference on Advanced Carbon Materials (CACM) 2026 with the Indian Carbon Society (ICS), the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), and Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS). The conference will take place from February 18-20, 2026, at the BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

Nienburg District, Lower Saxony (Germany) – 11 February 2026 – The State of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) has approved €6.05 million in investment support for Waste2Value GmbH to establish a new operating site in the Nienburg district and build a modular thermolysis (chemical recycling) plant for hard-to-recycle plastic waste. The funding is granted under the Joint Task “Improvement of Regional Economic Structures” (GRW) programme.

Writing to the Minister for Waste and Recycling, Mary Creagh MP, the TRA praised the minister for the action she instigated last year after it had been demonstrated that enforcement activity on end-of-life-tyre (ELT) exports was deficient. Illegally imported waste tyres from Britain were acknowledged to be a core source for highly polluting batch pyrolysis plants in India.

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) today announced the availability to produce in Asia Pacific its circular reinforcing carbons powered by its EVOLVE Sustainable Solutions technology platform. As such, Cabot's manufacturing facilities in Cilegon, Indonesia and Tianjin, China have successfully validated their ability to produce circular reinforcing carbons. These products use tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) derived from end-of-life tires and leverage an International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS mass balance approach. With this milestone, Cabot now has circular reinforcing carbon production capability across all major regions including Asia, Europe and the Americas, further accelerating tire circularity and sustainability worldwide.

Operating in the Moscow region since 2012, the company is described as the country’s largest tire recycler and currently employs more than 300 local residents. According to Ekaterina Zinovieva, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region and Minister of Investment, Industry and Science, over ₽1 billion was invested in 2025 to expand collection infrastructure and related facilities. The new oversized tire processing line alone required ₽200 million in capital expenditure.

Kal Tire’s Mining Tire Group and Decoda, an Australian mining technology firm, have announced a strategic alliance that will bring mines real-time, autonomous haul road hazard detection to increase truck productivity, tire life and fuel efficiency. Kal Tire and Decoda have collaborated to develop KalPRO HaulSight, which builds on the success of KalPRO TireSight autonomous tire inspections.

A comprehensive new report released today by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) has found that Australia's tyre circular economy will not grow without mandatory participation in a product stewardship scheme. The Tyre Supply Chain Analysis: Opportunities to grow Australia's circular economy for tyres report identifies critical constraints across the entire tyre supply chain that are preventing Australia from meeting its circular economy targets.

The Saskatoon-based tire recycling company confirmed it accepts the payment as full and final resolution of its claims. According to the province, Shercom “acknowledges that it will have no further claims related to any matters raised in the lawsuit.” Additional settlement details remain confidential.