The 29th ETRA Conference revisited the crumb rubber infill discussion, despite the EU Directive putting an end to all new crumb rubber infill projects within eight years The situation is that, as the ETRA information sheet says, crumb rubber infill has not yet been banned, there are almost eight years before the ban comes into play, and field will be in use for some years after the ban. So, the argument is that there is currently no ban in place, so carry on. This is one argument, and we heard of the benefits of crumb rubber infill and data on microplastics was questioned. Bruno Marabotto, an ..read more

Roads inside Joe Wheeler State Park had not been repaved since the 1990s Officials with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management cut a ceremonial ribbon recently for resurfaced roads at Joe Wheeler State Park paved with asphalt made with materials from scrap tyres. ADEM provided a $1.16 million grant to Alabama State Parks for repaving using asphalt modified with rubber from ELT. One dollar from the sale of each tyre in the state goes into the state’s Scrap Tire Fund, which is used to remove scrap tyres from illega ..read more

Pyrum has received RCS certification for its pyrolysis oil, opening new possibilities for sustainable textile production BASF takes RCS certified pyrolysis oil as a customer as part of the existing cooperation, feeding it into production and producing Ultramid® Ccycled® using the mass balance approach Pyrum Innovations AG has received RCS sustainability certification for its pyrolysis oil, setting another milestone in the company’s commitment to sustainable textile production. This makes Pyrum one of the first companies to have its oil certified according to this standard. The certification en ..read more

Using a coffee grinder, a freezer and a furnace, researchers have discovered a chemical synergy between scrap tyres and polystyrene in pyrolysis to create sulphur-free, light oil Believed to be the first study of its kind, chemical engineers at Monash University found strong synergies between tyre scrap and plastics including low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polystyrene when they were treated together in a system using the process known as rapid pyrolysis that involves subjecting them to high temperatures over a short time. Blending either polystyrene or LDPE with tyre scrap for pyrolysis e ..read more

Elite kart racing is a sport measured in thousandths of a second, and drivers, engineers and mechanics will spend countless hours (and nearly any budget) to find those elusive fractions At a recent round of the British Karting Championships, a single second meant the difference between qualifying in pole position or in 46th place.  With tightly controlled technical regulations, arguably the single largest determinant of performance is tyre life. Although all drivers are on the same type, the lap time difference between qualifying in the morning and the final in the afternoon can approach ..read more

New Zealand’s Tyrewise has started its operations with the tyre industry from importers to recyclers now having to register with Tyrewise However, as with any new scheme to manage large volumes of material there are going to be questions. Tyrewise has pointed out that tyres currently on sale will not have had a stewardship fee paid on them, so until Tyrewise funded collections begin, operators should follow their existing solutions and must not stockpile tyres until the 1st September when the funded collections begin. Tyrewise is also getting reports from some participants and the public about ..read more

Innovation in tyre recycling makes it possible to transform unused tyres into graphitic carbon for electric vehicle batteries One of the main compounds in End-of-Use tyres is carbon black, which constitutes 22 per cent of their weight and is used as an additive to strengthen the rubber, thus increasing its resistance to traction and wear. Carbon black can be extracted from ELT through pyrolysis. The recovered carbon black can then be transformed into hard graphitic carbon, an essential component in the anode of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles. This method, developed by T-Phite, not ..read more

Mars Mineral, a global provider of pelletising technology and agglomeration solutions, has announced the shipment of a Model 26D100L stainless steel pin mixer to LD Carbon (LDC), a leading producer of recovered carbon black (rCB) LDC, based in Seoul, South Korea, will receive the pin mixer at its new manufacturing facility in Dangjin. This plant, slated to open during the second quarter 2024, will be the largest end-of-life tyre pyrolysis and rCB operation in Asia. The Mars Mineral Pin Mixer is a high-speed, conditioning, and micro-pelletising device that converts rCB from pyrolysis of ELTs in ..read more

North East Lincs Council has approved plans for a 25,000 ton tyre pyrolysis plant at Great Coates Industrial Park, Grimsby The planning application was made on behalf of Mary Sweere, of Fluid Ice FO Ltd., Mary Sweere is also a director of ELT Recovery Ltd and her resume is admirable. The plant is projected to employ 50 full time jobs and a further 30-40 sub-contractor jobs. Mary Sweere heads up Fluid Ice FO with plans for Grimsby pyrolysis plant The planning approval is subject to Environment Agency provisions around the previous use of the site, pert of which has been used for landfill ..read more

SDAB (Swedish Tyre Recycling) has entered into an agreement to deliver tyre raw material to feed the new Uddevalla pyrolysis plant The plant will utilise the innovative Enviro proprietary technology that allows the production from sorted and processed ELTs (End-of-life tyres) of valuable recovered Carbon Black (rCB) and Pyrolysis Oil in high demand by the industry to create a fully circular supply chain. The strategic agreement between the parties entails the delivery of a significant volume of the annual amount of the ELTs collected in Sweden, with deliveries commencing in 2025. “We are pleas ..read more