News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

The Canadian tire recycler Nexxsource Recycling has been transformed last November into a new company that received a name Evolve Recycling and is now headquartered in Ontario after it was purchased by North West Rubber and Moose Creek Tire Recycling. Additionally, Trillium MC Inc., MCTR’s tire hauling subsidiary has become part of the new firm.

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Saskatchewan Power Minister Dustin Duncan commented on the issue stating that the accumulations of scrap tires at the old facility posed danger to health and security of the community; thus, proper management of the site is required. By teaming up with Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan, the government is attempting to tackle the problem and put efforts to clean-up the massive tire stockpiles.

Liberty’s representative Steve Bigelow, stated that sustainability was a priority adding that the new collaboration totally satisfies the ambition of reclaiming, recycling, and reusing waste tires to benefit the public and the environment. He also stressed that his company was ‘excited’ to be involved in manufacturing of such an innovation as PelletPAVE.

A new legislation that prohibits mounting damaged old tires on automobiles within Ohio, US, will come into force July 1 next year after the state’s governor has signed a bill. According to the legislation, it will become illegitimate to sell tires to further use on roads if there are any damages exposing internal elements, including steel materials; or, if they have been improperly repaired; if their tread depth is less than 1/16-inches; or, if there are bulges.

The TIP plan created in 2005 is partly managed by Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin. Other big names, including Pirelli and Continental, are also involved in the initiative. In total, all the stakeholders represent over 60 percent of international tire producers who provide jobs for over 650,000 employees. To keep the project going, once in two years the CEOs meet in Geneva to hold talks.

An award-winning innovation method for tire recycling is crumb rubber devulcanization. The original process was developed by a scholar whose innovation was commercialized by Tyromer Inc. – the Canadian company founded by a national university. What makes devulcanization stand out is the fact that it does not require the application of any chemical solvents. Moreover, Tyromer’s process helps reuse waste tire rubber in new tires and in retreads – this was hardly possible before.

According to Evonik, it is possible to get valuable products out of recycled tires, thus, it is not correct to treat tires as waste. The business also states that by providing old tires with second life in road projects, they get rid of disposal issue and prevent burning of tires. Additionally, Evonik manufactures products for surfacing roads using mix of processed plastics. The tests and monitoring procedures will be ongoing, however, the authorities now believe that the plastic and rubber roads that contain recycled materials such as tires will prove to be more durable and better in comparison to the conventional asphalt, as the latter has a high CO2 footprint.

The Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) has released the Natural Rubber Trends & Statistics for October 2018. According to ANRPC, the world demand of natural rubber (NR) from January 2018 to October 2018 recorded at 11.696 million tonnes, an increase of 5.2% from the same corresponding period a year earlier. While, the world production charted a 5.5% growth to 11.468 million tonnes. This resulted to a short of 228,000 tonnes of NR during the reference period.