News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Researchers from Australia's University of Adelaide have examined the importance of stewardship in the automotive industry to enhance sustainability. Stewardship involves protecting economic, social, and environmental assets for future generations. The team, including Dr. Tracey Dodd, Associate Professor Chee Cheong, Professor Arvid Hoffmann, and Professor Ralf Zurbrugg, reviewed existing publications and emphasized the need for business models adhering to circular economy principles. This approach includes practices like remanufacturing, recycling, and reusing materials to extend vehicle lifecycles and adopting sustainable technologies.

LD Carbon, a Seoul-based producer of recovered carbon black (rCB), has closed a $28 million Series C funding round led by Toyota's growth fund, Woven Capital, with participation by Meritz Securities, Investwith, Industrial Bank of Korea, Hyundai Motor Group Zer01ne, Elohim Partners and New Main Capital. LD Carbon will use the investment to scale operations to recycle end-of-life tires and materials from end-of-life vehicles into rCB and tire pyrolysis oil (TPO) through pyrolysis, which can be used to create new automotive parts and tires. The company says the investment will advance its mission of accelerating the circular economy while delivering material cost and carbon savings to global customers.

SIGNUS first registered its carbon footprint with the Spanish Climate Change Office in 2017, becoming the first verified and certified collective management system to do so, with certification by AENOR. This project was launched with the aim of seeking ways to improve the environmental management of end-of-life tires. This involves not only finding more applications for the resulting byproducts but also engaging all stakeholders involved in the various management operations to advance their energy efficiency.

Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals producer, is installing multiple tire pyrolysis oil tanks at its plant in Jaslo, Poland – the company’s latest move toward boosting production of circular carbon black. The tanks will serve as reception points for TPO delivered to the plant. The TPO will be pumped from the tanks to furnace black reactors, which transform the oil into circular carbon black.

With the UK elections approaching on July 4th, Tyre and Rubber Recycling Magazine has recorded a special episode for the Tyre Recycling podcast. Episode 62 examines the current status of waste tyre management in the UK and the policies that the campaigning parties propose to implement if elected. Editor Ewan Scott interviews Peter Taylor OBE, Secretary General of the Tyre Recovery Association, discussing the challenges a future government might face and his aspirations for proactive measures rather than the inaction seen concerning the T8 exemption.

Since Swedish Tyre Recycling took over tyre recycling in Sweden on 1 January 2023, much has happened. New facilities have been built, IT systems for the collection of worn-out tyres have been implemented, showrooms have been established, artistic collaborations have been developed, and a completely new focus on creating value has begun to be realised. Updating the website was a natural step to communicate all these new and existing efforts.

The Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC) is pleased to recognize outstanding individuals and businesses for their dedication and commitment to excellence in the tire and rubber industry including end-of-life (ELT) tire management and other businesses focused on sustainability. The Awards Ceremony took place following the Association’s Annual General Meeting on June 6, 2026, at the Association’s offices at the Alt Hotel Toronto Airport in Mississauga.

In a relatively short period of time, pyrolysis has evolved from having “a very bad reputation” to becoming “a real solution” for end-of-life tyres (ELTs) through its increasingly sophisticated delivery of a range of highly sustainable raw materials, declared Robert Weibold in his opening remarks to the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee session in Copenhagen on May 28. Figures provided by the Managing Director of Austria-based tyre recycling and pyrolysis consultancy Robert Weibold GmbH indicated that annual global production of tyre pyrolysis oil (TPO), untreated char, and milled and pelletized recovered carbon black (rCB) currently amounted to, respectively, 1.7 million tons, 1.2 million tons and 180,000 tons from a tyre feedstock of 4.5 million tons.

The Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC) announces its new Board of Directors following its Annual General Meeting of members held on June 6, 2024. At that meeting, the members elected two new directors: Michelle Black of Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. and Christine Baker of Cabot Corporation. Ms. Black serves as Corporate Counsel/Strategic Business Advisor at Michelin. Previously she worked at Stewart McKelvey. She received her BSc in Psychology from Nipissing University, her MSc in Anatomy and Neurobiology/Neuroscience and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Dalhousie University.