News: Tire Recycling & Pyrolysis

Greenergy – a UK-headquartered supplier of waste-based renewables and transportation fuels – is to enter the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) market through a new plant planned on Teesside. The company has submitted a planning application for two renewable fuel plants located at the same complex. The SAF plant will be the UK’s first plant creating SAF from waste oils and the other for the previously announced advanced biofuels production from end-of-life tires project, GTT.

AZuR network coordinator Christina Guth moderated a kick-off meeting of authorities, road construction companies, science and research, as well as the tire and recycling industry representatives that decided to found an official project group on the subject of rubberized asphalt. The Alliance Future Tires (AZuR) network wants open up funding opportunities and commission studies in order to install significantly more rubber asphalt in the future. In this meeting, the project group discussed the current status, obstacles, objectives and how to proceed, explore the potential of rubber-modified asphalt and shape the future of an infrastructure.

Big Atom – a UK’s recycling company that manufactures all types of rubbers and plastics into recycled crude – has submitted a planning application for a pyrolysis plant in Knottingley, Wakefield, UK.

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Broad renewable emissions and energy targets set by governments and supra-government organisations are finding their way into directives that will eventually become laws or regulations. These laws will have a massive impact on the business models and commercial aspects of a multitude of industry sectors. Staying abreast of how the maze of impending regulations in different global regions will affect business strategies has become a major task for executives. In this series of articles, we aim to alert leaders in our industry at a high level to the developments that will likely warrant further study and ultimately affect their decisions.

Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and MOL Group, the leading integrated Central Eastern European oil and gas corporation, have announced their agreement to cooperate in the deployment and integration of chemical recycling of plastics at MOL’s assets in Hungary and Slovakia. Chemical recycling of plastics is part of MOL’s commitment to collect close to 5 million tonnes of municipal solid waste, which includes the treatment and related investments.

Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) is participating in a three-year project at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg within the scope of an initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of West Sweden’s chemical industry. The collaboration aims to leverage increased knowledge to develop the next generation of Enviro’s pyrolysis-based recycling technology. The project is part of the innovation agency Vinnova’s ten-year Vinnväxt initiative Klimatledande processindustri (Climate Leading Process Industry). The initiative aims to support the West Sweden chemicals industry’s transition from its dependence on fossil fuel to an industry based on renewable and recovered raw materials. In addition to Enviro, other participants include Stena and the chemical company Borealis.

According to Arab Times magazine, in an incident report received by the Central Operations Department of Kuwait on Tuesday evening, June 20, the General Fire Services Directorate confirmed a fire outbreak at a tire recycling plant located on Al-Salmi Road. The magazine reports a prompt response of the fire brigade, the fire was contained, preventing its spread to other areas with stored tires. The situation was effectively dealt with and brought under control, resulting in no major injuries from the incident.

Fornnax Technology invites you to visit its booth at the 2023 Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE) for your requirement of tire shredders & granulators at ICC Sydney Australia. The Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo is a two-day live experience promoting ideas and opportunities for Australia's waste and recycling community. At a vital time in the industry, AWRE offers new connections, solutions and strategies to build a more stable, sustainable and profitable economy.