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Vol. 34 No. 10 Covering News & Developments in Tire and Rubber Recycling October 2020 F&B Rubberized makes this scalloper’s chain with rubber chaffing gear die-cut from truck tire treads and sidewalls.
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What Ontarians California Waste Tire Market Report
Know About Always detailed and comprehensive in its
tire recycling market data, the California
Tire Recycling Waste Tire Market Report takes a new and
important turn in the 2019 edition provid-
New survey reveals only ing the first glimpse of tire recycling in the
37 percent know tires are “still unfolding COVID-19 pandemic.”
recycled in the province Leading off with California waste tire
A recently released survey con- flows in 2019 and current trends as of
ducted by eTracks Tire Man- Spring 2020, the report frames the mar-
agement Systems revealed that ket discussion throughout against the
only one third (37 percent) backdrop of broad management trends
of Ontarians know that, in affecting waste tire management in the
Ontario, tires are recycled. state including the onset of COVID and
its impact on current waste tire manage-
Forty-nine percent have no ment operations, the abrupt economic
idea whether they’re recycled decline, uncertain projections, growing
or thrown into landfills, and budget deficits and reduced funding.
a surprising 1.5 million adults
(14 percent) do not believe tires
are recycled at all, the survey See CA Report page 10...
said. And, only 32 percent of
Ontarians know that tire man-
ufacturers and automakers are
responsible for recycling every Illinois EPA Completes Waste Tire
Removal Work in Tazewell County
tire they sell in Ontario.
The good news is 81 percent
agree that purchasing recycled More than 220 tons of waste tires removed from abandoned auto salvage site
products helps to combat cli-
mate change, Steve Meldrum, Tire and solid waste debris
CEO of eTracks Tire Manage- scattered over 10 acres at a
ment Systems said. “And while closed auto salvage facility
the survey shows that knowl- near Pekin, IL have been re-
edge of the tire recycling indus- moved in a six-week cleanup
try is mixed, there’s an oppor- project, Illinois EPA director
tunity to use these results as John Kim said.
a tool to change perceptions
and help eliminate misinfor- A total of 224,12 tons of used/
mation.” waste tires (the equivalent of
19,921 passenger tires) were
More than half of Ontarians (55 removed from the property.
percent) are unaware there’s a The $147,900 cost of the re-
$4 per tire fee when purchasing moval is paid for by Illinois
new car tires in Ontario. When EPA’s Used Tire Management
New Survey continued on page 17... Illinois continued on page 5...
IN THIS ISSUE:
CA Waste Tire Report...........3 Tough Tires........................6 Managing Tires Regionally.....12 BlackCycle Project..............16
Flexi®Pave for Yellowstone.....4 Recycled Tire Table...............8 BASF Invests in Pyrolysis....14 News Briefs......................17
Pyrolyx Delists...................5 ARP Materials...................12 R e c i rc l e Aw a rd s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 C a l e n d a r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8
On the Cover: F&B Rubberized has been fabricating recycled rubber products from truck and earthmover tires for the the marine, fishing and
waste industries since 1975. Photo Credit: F&B Rubberized
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KB Industries Awarded
Additional Yellowstone
Editorial and Circulation Office: Publisher/Editor: National Park Contract
Recycling Research Institute Mary B. Sikora
P.O. Box 4430 mary@scraptirenews.com
Initial installation of Flexi®-Pave for
Leesburg, VA 20177
(571) 258-0500
Subscription Manager: infrastructure improvements deemed
Helen M. Bedrin
FAX: (571) 258-0502 sales@scraptirenews.com a huge success
Advertising Sales Office: Editorial Assistant: Clearwater,
P.O. Box 2221 Rachel Clark Florida-based
Merrifield, VA 22116 KB Indus-
Advertising Manager:
(571) 258-0500 Michael Sikora tries (KBI)
FAX: (571) 258-0502 mike@scraptirenews.com was awarded
a new Federal
Production Manager: contract by
Amy D. Heath
the National
Special Projects Manager Parks Author-
Sidney Lindner ity to expand
t h e u s e
Scrap Tire News covers news and developments in the scrap tire and rubber recycling
industry. Other publications include: The Scrap Tire & Rubber Users Directory and Scrap of Flexi®-
Tire News Online. Scrap Tire News is published monthly by Recycling Research Institute Pave, flexible
a Virginia firm not affiliated with a trade association or other organization.
Flex®-Pave recycled rubber porous pave-
Copyright © 2020 Recycling Research Institute, all rights reserved. Reproduction in whole pavement was first installed ment solu-
or part without permission is prohibited. inYellowstone National Park tion through-
in 2015 to help preserve the out areas of
Production and Design: ecological integrity of the Yellowstone
JASE Design Company
Park. National Park.
In 2015, the Yellowstone Foundation
awarded KBI an initial contract to supply
and install tens of thousands of square
feet of porous and flexible pavement uti-
2020 lizing crumb rubber from recycled tires
within the Park.
Yellowstone is in an area prone to severe
freeze/thaw cycles, high UV indices and
significant foot traffic, all of which creates
a perfect storm of stresses on conventional
A New Virtual Experience asphalt pathways, leading to asphalt
cracking and broken asphalt pieces that
We may not be meeting in Knoxville, TN as planned;
however, our virtual conference will continue to be can migrate into the geysers.
an event where connections are made, knowledge is
shared, new products, new technology and new ideas According to Atlanta Wind & Solar Inc.,
are introduced, business is conducted, developed
and gained, fun is had, encouragement and KBI’s parent organization, after Flexi®-
empowerment happen, and the future is embraced. Pave was installed in 2015 and again in
2016, 2017 and 2018, it became clear that
the porous and flexible surface eliminated
the undesirable cracking and subsequent
October 19-23, 2020 fracturing and breaking off of asphalt
pieces from the park pathways.
Components include:
Company Showcase • Technical Meeting • Educational Symposium • Anecdotally, Park visitors say the Flexi-
Keynote Address • Women of Rubber Session • Pave pathways are more comfortable to
Student Colloquium (Presentations & Posters) •
Virtual 5K Walk/Run • Networking Opportunities
walk on than traditional asphalt or con-
crete due to the slight "give" created by
Learn all the details at rubberiec.org. the addition of the crumb rubber to the
proprietary mix of ingredients. u
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Illinois continued from 3...
Fund, which receives revenues from a $2.50 per tire fee on
the retail sale of new tires.
Pyrolyx Delists From Australian
and German Stock Exchanges
Illinois EPA has authority under the Illinois Environmen-
tal Protection Act to carry out used tire removal actions Recovered carbon black producer Pyrolyx AG has delisted
when an accumulation of used or waste tires poses a threat from the Australian Security Exchange (ASX) as well as
to public health or the environment. Germany’s Dusseldof and Frankfurt stock markets follow-
ing prolonged closure of its U.S. and German manufactur-
The site is an abandoned auto salvage site, formerly ing plants.
known as Harmon Auto Salvage and operated by Charles
D. Harmon (deceased). This removal action was lengthy The company will continue its shut down of manufacturing
and challenging due to the size of the site, the dispersion at its recovered carbon black (rCB) facilities in Terre Haute,
of waste tires and solid waste throughout the site, and Indiana and Stegelitz, Germany. Because of the uncertain
intense vegetative growth among other obstacles, EPA nature of the COVID-19 emergency, Pyrolyx does not cur-
director Kim said. rently know when manufacturing will resume at its facilities.
Tazewell County Health Department contributed five 20- The company will temporarily shut down manufacturing
yard drop boxes for the removal of solid waste at the site, at its recovered carbon black (rCB) facilities in Terre Haute,
paid for disposal of the solid waste, and purchased Jersey Indiana and Stegelitz, Germany. This action is being taken in
blocks to protect the site from unauthorized access. response to the Covid-19 virus situation in the United States
and Europe which is changing rapidly. The process of scal-
“As part of the Agency’s mission to protect health, wel- ing back production will begin immediately, with two facil-
fare, property, and quality of life, we had an obligation to ities expected to be closed until the coronavirus emergency
ensure this abandoned site did not pose further threat to has passed. Because of the uncertainty associated with the
the surrounding community and residents,” Director Kim impact of Covid-19 on Pyrolyx and the effect and length
said. The successful completion of this used tire removal of the necessary manufacturing closures, the Pyrolyx AG
action is an excellent example of cooperation between Supervisory and Management Boards have requested the
Illinois EPA and units of local government, he said. u Australian Securities Exchange and the German Security
Exchange suspend the stock from trading. u
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Rubber Recycling tires and earthmover tires for the marine industry as well as
products such as rubberized wear pads, machine arm pro-
NEWS
tective bumpers, and wear edges used in the waste industry.
In its marine product line, F&B die-cuts truck tire treads and
sidewalls to make chaffing gear used to make chain bags.
Tough Tires Make
All F&B chain bags
are made to order
Tough Products
with built in shin-
gles or built in roller
discs and are com-
pletely customiz-
Before it became trendy to find “green” uses for used prod-
able, the company
ucts, F&B Rubberized, Inc. was turning worn out truck and
said.
earthmover tires into green new products.
F&B’s marine fen-
Centered in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in the heart of the
dering and bum-
commercial fishing industry, F&B owner Tom Ferreira, built
per systems fea-
the company fabricating useful, durable and affordable prod-
ture die-cut, half
ucts and machine accessories for the commercial fishing indus-
round, interconnect-
try. Family owned and operated since 1975, F&B uses machin-
able recycled rub-
ery and die-cutting techniques developed in-house to cost-
ber pieces cut from
effectively and efficiently fabricate products from used truck
earthmover tires,
allowing for easy
fitting to any ship
or dock. 100 percent recycled rubber machine
protectors/bumpers
F & B ru b b e r i z e d
wear pads and wear
edges made from 100 percent bias ply truck tires are used on
bucket loaders in transfer stations and waste handling facilities
helping to protect both the equipment operator and machin-
ery, such as snow
plows.
The company makes
dozens of other
parts and accesso-
ries for waste han-
dling vehicles and
Chaffing gear made from die-cut truck tire treads and sidewalls. machinery, marine
equipment and road
maintenance equip-
ment.
Tires have a lot of
very, very good
properties, F&B’s F&B fashions these inexpensive, rugged,
Jeff Ferreira said. winged bobbins from scrap earthmover
They’re made with tires.
good quality rubber
and reinforcing plies which make it a very good, very strong
material for withstanding harsh environments, he said.
“We’re able to use almost all the material from the tires.
There’s very little waste,” Ferreira said.
Any scrap rubber left over from the die-cutting process is
Rubberized wear pads made from bias ply truck tires provide stability used for custom products including rubber mulch, fasteners
protecting both the loader operator and the loader during operation. and hangers. u
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Responsibility The Cooper Way
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company activities in 2019. At these tire amnesty day events,
related to the environment, product stew- residents are encouraged to bring scrap
ardship and innovation, employee health tires to designated locations where Coo-
and safety, energy optimization and how per volunteers accept and load them into
it gives back to its communities are pro- trailers for transport to recycling facilities.
filed in its 2019 Corporate Social Respon- Collecting the tires ensures they are pro-
sibility (CSR) and Sustainability Report. cessed in an environmentally responsible
manner and eliminates a pest habitat.
Published in September 2020, the report
highlights the company’s significant “Recycling has many benefits for Cooper
reduction in the amount of waste land- and the communities where we do busi-
filled by its manufacturing plants over ness – it helps the company reduce landfill
the last several years. Cooper recycles costs, conserves natural resources, saves
approximately 83 percent of its waste energy and helps reduce pollution,” the
annually and all Cooper facilities globally report said.
have programs in place to reuse or recycle
as much material as possible while send- In keeping with its environmental com-
ing as little as possible to landfills. Coo- mitment, Cooper is one of eleven global
per recycles virtually all of the waste plas- tire companies working together through
tic, cardboard, metals, oil and lubricants we generate in the Tire Industry Project (TIP) to identify and address
our plants. Cooper also recycles or reuses the majority of potential health and environmental impacts that may
the scrap tires and other waste rubber materials produced result from materials associated with tires throughout
during the manufacturing process their lifecycle.
Cooper also collects tires for recycling in the U.S. commu- As part of its product stewardship and innovation initia-
nities where it has major manufacturing facilities – Find- tive, Cooper Tire Europe’s Melksham, England plant is
lay, Ohio, Texarkana, Ark., and Tupelo, Miss. More than exploring the potential use of crumb rubber from used
4,000 tires were collected for recycling at these events held tires as a component in its racing tires. u
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Upcycled Tire Furniture New Study: Utilization of
Ground Tire Rubber for Energy
Efficient Pavements
Iowa State University (ISU) has assembled a team of
experts in Civil, Chemical and Industrial and Manufac-
turing Systems Engineering to address the challenges
of integrating scrap and end-of-life rubbers to supplant
the use of up to 140,000 tons/year of virgin polymer
used in asphalt pavements.
The team proposes the use off-specification polybuta-
diene to modify ground tire rubber (GTR) particles,
from recycled tires, and use them as an asphalt modi-
fier to replace widely used Styrene Butadiene Styrene
(SBS) elastomers.
GTR is currently being used as a modifier, which
Modern Mila, an Australian-based website launched by offers comparable improvements with respect to SBS
Jasmine Campbell, creates home accessories from left- polymers such as rutting resistance and elastic recov-
over scraps and items found around the home. Camp- ery, with advantages such as improved traction and
bell recently ventured into a new product making a styl- reduced noise.
ish and useful coffee and/or side table from discarded
tires, twine and fabric. The tables have a removable top However, because of the difference in density with
and are lined with recycled fabric creating a convenient asphalt GTR suffers from inadequate storage stability,
storage area. The covers can be twine covered or cus- rendering it an unpreferred material in asphalt mod-
tomized with fabric, leather or other material. u ification.
ISU has developed a technology that density matches
GTR with asphalt with simple compounding tech-
niques, producing a GTR product that meets storage
stability specifications and would be accepted by the
market.
If 100 percent of virgin polymer were replaced with
recycled GTR, up to 140,000 tons/year could be
reclaimed nationwide. Moreover, asphalt pavements
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asphalt binder grades; compare results of GTR-modi-
fied asphalt using GTR/isoprene polymers from
multiple sources to the same asphalt binders modified
with SBCs in both asphalt binder and asphalt mixture
performance tests; and conduct demonstration asphalt
field paving trials and post-construction assessment. u
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CA Report continued from 3...
The COVID-19 global pandemic that hit California and changed quickly. According to the California Legisla-
the world in early 2020 has had a major impact on ture Analyst’s Office, the state has been in a deep reces-
human health, the economy and virtually every aspect sion since March and the future rate of recovery remains
of life. However, uncertain.
while the waste California Waste Tire Flows in 2019
t i re i n d u s t r y h a s D u e t o p ro j e c t e d
been impacted, it reduced tire sales
has continued on a in 2020, CalRecycle
“new normal” basis, tire program fund-
the report said. ing is expected to
decline, as are sev-
The most cited eral state and local
COVID-related infrastructure fund-
concerns were ing mechanisms
employee safety (75 t h a t re l y o n c o n -
p e rc e n t ) a n d t h e sumer-driven rev-
potential for future enue from gas
supply and demand tax, bridge tolls,
disruptions (50 per- and local sales tax
cent). Several com- mechanisms. His-
panies also reported torically unprece-
concerns over reve- dented state and
nue, ability to meet local budget defi-
payroll and access cits are forecast and
to financing. could further jeop-
a rd i z e t h e s e s p e -
Historical Market Trends by Segment 2003-2019
Processors reported cial funds that ben-
waste tire collec- efit California tire
tions and deliveries recycling, the report
fell sharply in April authors said.
but rebounded and
stabilized by late In 2019, an esti-
May at 85 to 100 mated 518,400 tons
percent of prior (51.8 million PTE’s)
year levels, but in of California-gen-
some cases lower. erated waste tires
Tw o C a l i f o r n i a were managed, in
waste tire proces- nine different mar-
sors temporarily ket segments.
closed their oper-
ations. One has Looking at the
since re-opened, the 1 8 - y e a r t re n d f o r
report said. waste tire diversion,
recycling and land-
Tire derived prod- fill disposal, the
uct (TDP) manufac- 2019 diversion rate
turers and installers held steady at 82
have not reported percent. Approxi-
major disruptions mately, 424,919 tons
to the supply of (42.5 million PTEs)
tire-derived mate- w e re d i v e r t e d t o
rials (TDM), but 50 percent (7 of 15) of respondents uses other than landfill disposal.
to an early May online survey saw some reductions in
demand and/or customers. Some paving and sports On the recycling side, 37 percent, about 191,197 tons
field construction projects, however, have been acceler- were recycled – consistent with the 2018 recycling rate.
ated due to empty schools and reduced drivers on the
road, the report said. Breaking down the 2019 markets, the reuse market
including retreading and culling of used tires for sale
On the economic front, California entered 2020 with a accounted for 92,682 tons (9.3 million PTEs) about two
very strong economy but as COVID-19 progressed, this percent higher than 2018.
10 • STN October 2020 Visit us on the Web: www.scraptirenews.comSixteen percent of California waste tires or 81,915 tons (8.2 mated 30,985 tons of baled waste tires and treads (3.1
million PTEs) were used to produce crumb rubber and million PTEs) were exported in 2019, primarily to India.
ground rubber used in applications such as paving, syn- In early 2020, these imports into India were halted pend-
thetic turf infill, playgrounds and a variety of landscape ing permit renewal. Due to this and the expected overall
and building construction products. This is about seven reduction in waste tire generation, the quantity of bales
percent less than 2018, the report said. exported may decline markedly in 2020.
About 13,300 tons were used to produce tire derived An additional 70,807 tons (7.1 million PTEs), 14 percent of
aggregate (TDA) used in civil engineering applications, the total, were used as TDF in California cement kilns, 12
accounting for three percent of the total and rendering a percent less than in 2018. TDF has been a strong and rela-
160 percent increase over 2018. Based on on scheduled and tively stable market for many years, thriving without gov-
potential new projects for 2020, TDA use could remain at ernment support. The report attributes the 2019 decrease
2019 levels. in TDF to reduced usage at one kiln based on production
limitations. According to the report, this facility expects
to increase TDF use to " his-
toric levels in 2020," pending
sufficient demand in the con-
struction industry, so 2020 TDF
consumption may increase over
2019.
Landfill disposal of California-
generated waste tires has var-
ied widely in recent years. In
2019, 93,433 tons (9.3 million
PTEs) were disposed in land-
fills, three percent more than
in 2018. While the 2020 land-
fill disposal trend is difficult
to predict, declining waste tire
generation due to COVID-19
economic impacts combined
with potentially strong diver-
sion and recycling segments
could reduce disposal.
Looking ahead, the report sug-
gests that despite the uncer-
tainty over the pandemic and
economic recovery, it is possi-
California’s use of TDA increased in 2019. Market could remain stable is 2020 with new ble that 2020 waste tire recy-
projects using TDA for gabion retaining wall backfill, in stormwater filtration galleries and cling levels may approach or
for mechanical stabilization. even exceed the 2019 levels. if
current strong activity in pav-
ing and turf infill continues and other segments are able
The largest use for California waste tires was the 145,412 to remain at or near 2019 levels. With expected declines in
tons (14.5 million PTEs) exported as TDF or baled waste waste tire generation this could potentially translate into
tires and treads, an eight percent increase over 2018. Break- an increase in the recycling and diversion rates.
ing this down, an estimated 116,383 tons of size reduced
TDF (11.6 million PTEs) were exported by California firms, Longer term, increasing California’s tire recycling lev-
primarily to Japan and Korea, or 114,427 tons (11.4 mil- els will require expanded or new markets for TDM (tire
lion PTE) after excluding the share of out-of-state tires pro- derived materials) and TDPs (tire derived products) that
cessed at these California facilities. The report notes that are sustainable and profitable to serve. This will also
while pricing is reportedly less favorable than in recent require a highly motivated manufacturers willing to
years, with specifications tightening and competition from make a sustained commitment and investment that may
other exporting nations increasing, this market is expected pose risks and opportunity costs. In addition, the state’s
to continue to consume large quantities of California waste TDM suppliers need to be properly equipped and well
tires at or near the same level as in 2019. positioned to secure customers. However, in some cases,
access to financing and the relatively high cost of doing
However, according to the report, this may not hold true business in California may impede new investments, the
for the export of baled waste tires and treads. An esti- report concluded. u
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New scrap tire processing facility will serve upper Michigan rCB to Go Green
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, as well Products
as in other counties and regions through-
In its continuing belief in going green for
out the state, scrap tire cleanup events,
a more sustainable future, ARP Materi-
amnesty days and cleanups are regu-
als (formerly Alternative Rubber & Plas-
lar occurrences – at least they were pre-
tics) has added another product to its Go
COVID.
Green product line. Amherst, NY-based,
ARP is a distributor of raw materials to
The Marquette County Solid Waste Man-
the rubber and plastics industry.
agement Authority (MCSWMA), a licensed
solid waste disposal facility located in the
The rubber industry has long been
Upper Peninsula has been pursuing an
thought to only produce products that
opportunity to implement a more regional will end up in a landfill, but that is
approach to scrap tire processing. no longer true, the company said in
A new CM shredder installed in announcing its newest addition.
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will In 2019, MCSWMA applied for and
received a $202,296 Scrap Tire Market
help manage the region’s scrap tires. ARP Materials recently introduced recov-
Development Grant from the Michigan ered carbon black from Delta-Energy,
Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) to pay for the whose DEPolymerization process con-
installation of two tire shredders. verts 3 million end-of-life tires each year
into recovered carbon black.
The new equipment provides a much needed processing option in the region,
replacing outdated tire splitting equipment on the site was inefficient and labor According to ARP, the product behaves
intensive., Austin said. similarly in processing to traditional car-
bon blacks in both natural and synthetic
The Authority installed a 250 horsepower, heavy duty, high capacity, single rubber compounds. Therefore, recovered
pass hybrid tire shredder manufactured by CM Shredders LLC, Sarasota, Flor- carbon black can be substituted for vir-
ida. With the 50 percent matching grant, gin carbon black in certain formulations.
the Authority cost for the machine was Emitting 85 percent less greenhouse
$202,296. gases than virgin carbon black produc-
tion, this unique process also contributes
Site work was performed by Authority staff to the preservation of the world’s limited
and new electrical service was designed petroleum resources by recovering petro-
and installed to power the machine. The leum derived materials for direct reuse,
Marquette County Resource Management ARP said.
group inspected and approved the new ser-
vice and based on future power consump- Companies utilizing recovered carbon
tion, construction of the new electrical ser- black in their products can take credit for
vice was provided at no cost to the Author- the recycled raw material aspect of their
ity. Including incidentals, machine cost, site products with their customers. This is an
work and electrical the Authority expended especially important benefit for suppli-
roughly $245,000 for the new processing New electrical service to power ers to the automotive industry and those
site and equipment. machinery was installed at no cost. doing business in Europe, ARP said. For
many ISO 14001 certified companies,
“This project was not possible without the help of EGLE and the grant dol- the use of recovered products provides
lars provided,” Austin said. Most importantly, the regional infrastructure is in a means of meeting their environmen-
place,” he said. tal strategic sustainability commitments
regarding product life cycles.
Numerous entities have inquired about the new tire processing system and the
overall feedback has been fantastic inside and outside of Marquette County, Aus- ARP has developed partnerships with
tin said. vendors who reclaim or recover end-
of-life products in the rubber or plas-
Market research and development currently underway is looking at options tics industry. The company’s Go Green
for the single pass material beyond the landfill daily cover and road building recycled and reclaimed rubber materials
within the landfill cells now being employed. Additional equipment is being offerings include butyl reclaim, whole
explored to create a smaller tire particle size, which may open more market tire reclaim, EPDM reclaim and recov-
options in the future. u ered carbon black (rCB). u
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info@akahl.de · shop.akahl.de · akahl.de sales@amanduskahlusa.com · akahl.de/enBASF Invests In Pyrolysis
Two recent deals advance the German chemical company’s ChemCycling project
BASF SE could be built up within the next years together with addi-
based in tional partners.
Ludwig-
shafen, “After twelve years of hard work Pyrum is proud to finally
Germany be accepted by the market. We are confident that we will
is investing become one of the market leaders in tire recycling with
€16 million BASF’s investment,” Pascal Klein, Founder and CEO of
into Pyrum Pyrum, said.
Innova-
tions AG, a For it’s part, BASF remains committed to leading the transi-
BASF is using pyrolysis oil from Hungary- technology tion of the plastics industry to a circular economy. “With the
based New Energy in a pilot project at its company investment, we have taken another significant step towards
Verbund,Germany production plant. specializing establishing a broad supply base for pyrolysis oil ,” Hartwig
in the pyrolysis of waste tires. The investment, according Michels, President of BASF’s Petrochemicals division said
to BASF will support the expansion of Pyrum’s pyrolysis
plant in Dillingen, Germany and help advance roll out of BASF also recently signed a purchase agreement for the sup-
the technology. ply of tire
derived
Pyrum is currently running a pyrolysis plant that can process pyrol-
up to 10,000 tons of tires per year with plans for two addi- ysis oil
tional production lines by the end of 2022, according to the with New
companies. BASF will purchase Pyrum’s pyrolysis oil and Energy, a
process it into new chemical products by using a mass bal- tire pyrol-
ance approach as part of its ChemCycling project. The result- ysis tech-
ing products will mainly be for customers from the plastics nology
industry who are looking for high-quality and functional company
plastics based on recycled materials. headquar-
t e r e d i n Pyrum founder Pascal Klein (left) and Dr. Chris-
BASF’s ChemCycling project launched in 2018 and focuses Budapest, tian Lach discuss BASF’s ChemCycling project
on chemically reprocessing post-consumer plastic waste on Hungary. outside Pyrum’s tire pyrolysis plant.
an industrial scale. The first commercial products produced
as part of the project were placed in the market in 2020. According to the agreement, New Energy will supply BASF
with up to 4,000 metric tons of tire derived pyrolysis oil per
While the focus of the ChemCycling project is the use of year.
mixed plastic waste, BASF also sees an opportunity to
increase recycling rates for end-of-life tires (ELT’s). In a pilot phase program, BASF is successfully using New
Energy’s pyrolysis oil, replacing fossil resources in an inte-
“So far, there was no technology that allowed the recycling grated chemical production process at its Verbund facility in
of pyrolysis oil from tires into high value applications. By Ludwigshafen, Germany. The share of recycled raw mate-
further broadening our raw material base to waste tires, we rial is allocated to certain products manufactured in the Ver-
can create a new circular value stream,” ChemCycling Proj- bund facility by using a third-party accredited mass balance
ect Leader Dr. Christian Lach said. approach.
BASF will use the pyrolysis oil from end-of-life tires as an Products made from pyrolysis oil by using a mass balance
additional raw material source next to oil from mixed plastic approach have the exact same properties as products manu-
waste, the use of which is the long-term focus of the Chem- factured with primary fossil resources. Customers can there-
Cycling project. fore process them in the same way as conventionally man-
ufactured high quality and performance standards, such as
For Pyrum, the collaborative set-up will help assure future automotive parts, Dr. Lach said.
investors in the technology can have the certainty that the
pyrolysis oil produced will be taken up by BASF to BASF and New Energy are both committed to work on pol-
produce high-performance chemical products. lutions for the global plastic waste problem and have signed
an agreement for a feasibility study that targets the adaption
BASF and Pyrum anticipate that production capacities of of New Energy’s pyrolysis technology to the conversion of
up to 100,000 tons of pyrolysis oil derived from waste tires other plastic waste streams. u
14 • STN October 2020 Visit us on the Web: www.scraptirenews.comRecircle Awards 2021: Nominations Committee Announced
TRIB’s David Stevens among members selected
Valebridge Media and Technical Secretary BIPAVER; Valerie Shulman, Secretary
Services (VMS), has General, European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA); David
announced mem- Stevens, Managing Director, Tire Retread Information Bureau
bers of the Nomina- (TRIB) and Martin von Wolfersdorff, Wolfersdorff Consult-
tions Committee for ing Berlin.
the inaugural Recir-
cle Awards 2021, the The role of the Nominations Committee is to select a short list
recently launched of five candidates for each of the 14 awards for which the vot-
awards event recognizing sustainable innovation, production ing process will be open to the general public.
processes, management and services within the tire retreading
and recycling industries. Nominations for the Recircle Awards will close on November
13, 2020, and the Short List will be announced on Novem-
The newly named Nominations Committee, includes the ber 30, 2020.
respective editors of Retreading Business and Tyre & Rubber
Recycling, David Wilson and Ewan Scott ,plus eight individ- The 14 award categories are: Best Tread Rubber Suppier ;Best
uals from the global tire retreading and recycling industries Retreading Equipment & Accessory Supplier; Best Tyre Recy-
selected according to their independent status and acknowl- cling Industry Supplier; Best Casing & Tyre Disposal Services
edged expertise within their respective fields. They are: Provider; Best Tyre Derived Recycled Product; Best Retreading
Wilma Dierkes, Associate Professor Sustainable Elastomer Industry Innovation; Best Tyre Recycling Innovation; Retread
Systems (SES), University of Twente; Guido Gambassi, Insti- Industry Fleet Award; Best Publicity Campaign; Employee of
tutional Relations and Public Affairs Officer – AIRP; Daniel the Year; Business Innovation Award; Best Tyre Retreader; Best
Rojas Enos, Chilean Association for Tyre Retreading and Ren- Tyre Recycler; Best Company Director. u
ovation (ARNEC); Liana Shaw, Publisher and Editor of SA
TREADS Digital; Michael Schwaemmlein, Technical Direc- Details on the Recircle Awards website at:
tor, German Tyre Dealers and Vulcanisers’ Association (BRV) www.recircleawards.com
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Visit us on the Web: www.scraptirenews.com STN October 2020 • 15BlackCycle Tire Recycling Choosing Your Field
Project Launches In Europe Tire processors know
that wire and metal
A new European consortium aims to enable a removal are a top
massive circular economy of tires by designing priority in produc-
ing clean, uncontami-
world-first processes to produce new tires from
nated, metal-free,wire-
end-of-life tires (ELTs). free recycled rubber
material. Most will
Officially funded by the Euro-
tell you that over the
pean Union (EU) in May 2020,
years, magnets —
the BlackCycle project involves
many magnets, dif-
13 organizations in a unique
European public-private part- ferent types of mag-
nership that will demonstrate nets—have been
the technical, environmental, woven into their size reduction operation—whether shred-
and economic viability of world- ding, granulating or pulverizing — as customers and applica-
first circular processes. tions demand metal-free, wire-free “clean” rubber.
Rotary magnetic separators, such as drum magnets, are one
The consortium plans to develop specific solutions to pro- type of magnet used at tire processing facilities. These mag-
duce sustainable raw materials for tires. The goal, according nets are designed with a specific type of magnetic field, either
to BlackCycle is to see one out of every two European ELTs an axial or radial field, according to Veronica Zuccarello, tech-
incorporated into such a solution cycle for the recovery of end- nical specialist at Newton, Kansas- based Bunting Magnets.
of-life products.
What tire processors look for and what is key to achieving
Funded by the their separation objectives is knowing the characteristics and
Horizon 2020 differences of each of these fields.
program, Black-
Cycle benefits Axial magnetic fields stretch across the width of a rotary mag-
from an overall netic separator and are ideal in situations where the magnetic
budget of about separator may have captured a high level of entrapped non-
16 M€ with an magnetic material.
allocated Euro-
pean funding of about 12M€ (75% of project costs). About 35 An axial magnetic field is best for applications where the sepa-
percent of the project funding is allocated to SMEs, 15 percent ration objective is to maximize the purity of the recovered fer-
to RTOs (research, development, innovation, technology orga- rous metal such as an auto or tire recycling application.
nizations) and 34 percent corresponds to the personnel costs.
In a radial magnetic field, poles are running in the same direc-
The consortium covers five European countries: France, Spain,
tion that the conveyor or drum is rotating, and follow the flow
Germany, Greece, and Switzerland and includes seven indus-
of the material. A radial magnetic field is ideal when the goal
trial partners, five RTOs and an innovation cluster. Coordi-
is to maximize the amount of magnetic metal being separated
nated by Michelin, the consortium has designed an effective
governance system involving a steering committee, a cluster from material.
synergies board, and a technical support committee.
A key factor tire processors should consider is their separation
1.6 billion new tires are sold worldwide each year, represent- objective—are you seeking to prioritize recovery or removal
ing more than 26 million tons, and just as many fall into the of ferrous materials as your main separation goal? For recov-
category of end-of-life tires providing a large and partially ery, consider your purity target for the recovered metal; for
tapped potential for material recovery. Today’s ELT treatment removal consider the separation target, Zuccarello said.
processes are not circular and do not result in many raw mate-
rials that can be reused in the tire industry. Without such ELT Processors also need to consider the particle size of the ferrous
solutions in the EU, more than half of EU end-of-life and sec- metal and non-metallic metal they are handling.
ond-hand tires are exported to far-off countries.
Overall, Zuccarello said, an axial magnetic field produces
The BlackCycle project aims at creating, developing, and opti- cleaner ferrous metal, but results in a lower recovery rate
mizing a full value chain from ELT feedstock to Secondary due to some ferrous falling out with the non-ferrous mate-
Raw Materials (SRMs) which will be used to develop new rial. A radial magnetic field produces more ferrous metal
ranges of passenger car and truck tires, for commercial sale that is less clean as some non-ferrous material is removed
in European and global markets. u along with the ferrous. u
16 • STN October 2020 Visit us on the Web: www.scraptirenews.comCoffee County Using Rubberized
STN News Briefs Asphalt For Resurfacing Project
… Las Vegas Paving Corporation has secured a $12.7 mil- The Alabama Department of Environmental Manage-
lion Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) road- ment (ADEM) awarded the Coffee County Commission
way construction contract for varied upgrade on six miles a $288,791 Scrap Tire Marketing grant for resur- facing
of north and southbound Interstate 11 from Henderson, County Road 110 using rubber modified asphalt, ADEM
Nevada. It involves placing nearly 24,000 tons of black- representative Adam Rhodes said. .
top, along with bridge repair, drainage enhancements and
slope management. The upgrades remove and replace the The resurfacing of County Road 110 encompasses a two
existing 14-year-old rubberized asphalt, replacing it with a miles stretch and will utilize a balance mix design with
crumb rubber overlay for a smoother, rejuvenated driving a recycled rubber additive. This mix will be directly com-
surface credited with dampening ambient noise, according pared to a five mile section of traditional asphalt resurfac-
ing, also on Coffee County Road 110, that used the Alabama
to NDOT.
Department of Trans- portation’s current superpave mix.
… Rubber Division, ACS is expanding its international
The National Center for Asphalt Technology will provide
educational outreach program for students. The initiative,
the training and mix design services and will evaluate the
seeks to increase student membership by bringing more
performance of the rubber modified mixture.
young scientists from all backgrounds at undergraduate
and graduate level studying any aspect of elastomer chem- Alabama generates more than five million scrap tires each
istry, technology and engineering to the Rubber Division, year and another four million are imported into Alabama
ACS, In conjunction with the new virtual Rubber Division, annually for disposal. ADEM is working to enhance the
ACS, International Elastomer Conference 2020 (IEC, Octo- recycling rate of these scrap tires and reduce the number
ber 19-23) student members are being offered free registra- of tires that are sent to landfills. The Department’s efforts
tion to the whole experience and can hear about topics rel- are supported through Alabama’s Scrap Tire Fund, which
evant to the industry. is funded by a $1 per tire fee that is charged for each new,
used, or retreaded tire sold in Alabama. u
… Technology company Continental has introduced a new
eco-friendly EcoLite TPV garden hose that uses recycled
materials in its construction making it 50 percent lighter than
traditional water hoses. The new EcoLite TPV garden hose New Survey continued from 3...
was designed in Fairlawn, Ohio, and produced in Mt. Pleas-
ant, Iowa. The hose is an extension of Continental’s focus asked about reasons for the fee, nearly half (46 percent)
on recyclables, and its goal to increase the waste recycling of respondents believe it is a government tax, while 14
rate to 95 percent by 2030. percent believe it pays for landfill fees. Regardless, the
majority of residents (78 percent) say they’re happy to
… In a recent survey conducted by Keep Australia Beauti- pay a small fee when purchasing tires if it helps the
ful, 91 percent of Australians don’t know what happens to environment.
tires after they are left with the retailer to be recycled. On the
question of the recycling fee charged by retailers, just over “When a recycling fee is made completely transparent
half of the respondents believed that their tires were in fact with the purchase of new tires, it is a great opportunity
recycled. For the most responsible processing methods, just for people to see where their money is going and learn
over 50 percent identified the use of crumbed tires as infill how it’s being used to benefit the environment,” Mel-
for sporting fields and playgrounds, and 25 percent identi- drum said.
fied tires being processed back into oil and carbon. Almost
one third of respondents identified use in roads and land- Respondents knowledge of recycled products is also
fill as an alternative processing method. mixed, the survey said. Seventy percent know that scrap
tires can be used in playgrounds and sports fields, but
… The German Federal Ministry of Education and fewer are aware that they can also be used for construc-
Research recently launched AzuR “Scrap Tire Recycling” tion materials, athletic mats, asphalt and livestock mats.
an online innovation forum designed to create an interdis- Surprisingly, only 18 percent know that garden mulch
ciplinary network from business and science in the field can be made from scrap tires.
of innovation. With the launch of the website, the AZuR
(Allianz Future Tyres,”) forum also conducted a survey on A majority of respondents (83 percent) agree that recy-
the current state of the industry inviting input from entre- cling old tires into new products helps to combat climate
preneurs, research institutions and all those involved with change, and 69 per cent believe products made from
scrap tires and rubber. The results will also serve as a basis recycled tires are of high quality. However, only 28 per-
for discussion at the first planned workshops in October cent said they have intentionally purchased a product
and November. u made from recycled tires. u
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Packaging. Contact: Lynn@nerc.org
19-23 Synthetic Turf Council Annual Meeting LIVE!
Contact: office@syntheticturfcouncil.org
Tel: 443-640-1067
20-21 Fall 2020 Virtual Conference
Contact: Mary Ann Remolader Gemini Corporation N.V.
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Tel: 802-254-3636 Synthetic Rubber - EPDM, Butyl, SBR, NBR
Crumb Rubber - Rubber Powder, Granules & Buf�ing
Cork - Granules, Chips, Sheets & Rolls
November
End of Life Tyres - Baled Tyres , Shredded Tyres,
3 Cut Truck Tyres & OTR, Aircraft Tyres
2-4 Global Tire Expo (GTE)/SEMA Show Zoom Other Rubber Scrap - Used Conveyer Belt,
Events and Educational Sessions Butyl Used Inner Tubes, Green Tyres
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T - +32-3-2540414
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21-22 and 25-29 TRB Sessions and Exhibits. Mark Rannie
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