News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Crumb rubber from end-of-life tires in asphalt and seals has a long history of good performance in Australia. The Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA) – the peak body for the multi-billion dollar flexible pavement industry in Australia – with the support of Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) plans to conduct a Master Class that brings an additional perspective on international practice, performance and the fundamentals behind the use of crumb rubber in asphalt.

Rosehill Security's Ballistic Blocks offer unparalleled versatility, allowing for the construction of various defensive structures, including guard huts and sangars. In collaboration with Damasec Physical Protection Systems , Rosehill has developed a robust guard shelter, combining a wooden framework with its Ballistic Blocks. This design effectively stops bullets and shrapnel, safeguarding occupants from ricochet dangers and preventing bullet fragmentation.

Kal Tire – an international leader in mining tire management and supply, serving more than 150 mine sites across five continents – believes in helping customers achieve sustainability with their tires at every stage of the journey, including end of life. With investments in resources, innovative solutions and new ways of working, the company helps mines extend tire life and solve one of its customer’s biggest challenges: recycling end-of-life tires. According to the recent Kal Tire’s post, its new thermal conversion facility delivers a revolutionary approach to recycling ultra-class mining tires.

According to the latest press release by Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA), each year the equivalent of over 58 million passenger tires reach their end-of-life in Australia. TSA says that throughout the life cycle of these tires, it is important to consider the environmental and health impacts, including tire and road wear particles that may be generated while driving tires on the roads, and from tire-derived materials when tires are recovered at the end of their life.

New Zealand’s government has approved regulations which will change the way the country manages its end-of-life tires. They outline how regulated product stewardship, through the Tyrewise scheme, will work for the first time in Aotearoa. A key part of the regulation is replacing the existing ad hoc ‘environmental’ or disposal charges New Zealanders currently face when disposing of old tires with a tire stewardship fee.

Incorporated in 2018, Freee Recycle Limited is focused on the production of reusable, eco-friendly rubber moulded products from recycled end-of-life tires in Nigeria. The world makes nearly 2 billion tires yearly, while old ones pile up. End-of-life tires can act as breeding grounds for malaria and cause fires. Therefore, Freee Recycle aims to recycle every one of her Nigeria’s discarded tires.

On October 24, in affiliation with Nextgen Rubber Leaders, Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) brought together members of the tire industry and researchers for a knowledge-sharing symposium. Local and international young professionals shared how their work challenges conventional thinking on rubber and explored the innovation occurring globally across the rubber industry.

According to the company’s latest press release, Scandinavian Enviro Systems’ (publ) interim CFO Staffan Kullberg, has notified that he intends to leave Enviro to take up a position at a company in his hometown Stockholm.

Shercom Industries, a tire processor in Saskatchewan, is awaiting a potential contract offer from Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan (TSS) following an independent review by a provincial expert. The contract between Shercom and TSS concluded in 2020, leading to the cessation of Shercom's tire processing operations. Subsequently, TSS offered a contract to Crumb Rubber Manufacturing, a U.S.-based company, for tire processing in southern Saskatchewan. Shercom has now positioned itself as a contender for a contract to handle tire processing in the northern part of the province.