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June 2021 Newsletter
REVYRE - Tyre resource recovery
About REVYRE
REVYRE is a joint venture between Energy In the news:
Estate, an energy developer, advisor and
accelerator business, and InfraCo, a New REVYRE’s objective is to reduce Australia Support from
Zealand based investment company.
REVYRE is a polymer manufacturing
and New Zealand’s end-of-life tyres
(ELTs) including truck/bus, industrial,
Beyond Zero
business that uses environmentally friendly
processing technologies to disintegrate
agricultural and OTR (of-the-road) mining
tyres, by processing them into valuable
Emissions
and re-manufacture end-of-life waste products using a unique, proven and
tyres (ELTs) with minimal to zero waste and patented crumbing and de-vulcanisation
technologies.
emissions. REVYRE has been selected as a
project for inclusion in Beyond
Zero Emissions’ Renewable Energy
Project Snapshot: Industrial Precincts (REIPs) proposal
for the Hunter and Gladstone regions.
REVYRE Mount Isa The REIPs are designed to
support domestic manufacturing
REVYRE has made considerable progress in region who have agreed to supply feedstock opportunities and drive regional
the last six months in regards to its facility in to the plant once it is operational. economic development through
the Mount Isa region. There is an agreement sustainable and renewably powered
in place with Economic Development The vision for the Mount Isa site, as a technologies.
Queensland to acquire to acquire the first flagship for REVYFRE in Australia, is that
it will deliver on emissions- free solutions The REVYRE plant in the Upper
Australian site. The site is located within the
for the users of OTR tyres regionally and Hunter region will be located
Nordale Industrial Precinct.
create re-skilling opportunities, training within an industrial estate to be
REVYRE has received a number of Letters of opportunities and new enduring jobs. developed on the land currently
Intent from major mining companies in the occupied by one of the first coal
mines in Australia. This site is owned
by Idemitsu Australia Resources
(IAR), the large Japanese resources
company and the coal mine is
scheduled for closure in 2022. The
industrial precinct forms part of their
exciting redevelopment plans which
will transform the existing mine into
the Muswellbrook Energy, Training
and Industrial Precinct.
REVYRE- Tyre resource recovery | June 2021 Newsletter
In the News:
Tyromer Europe’s
Arnhem facility
One of the technologies used in the operational by mid 2021 and will employ
REVYRE process is Tyromer Inc.’s approximately 12 local people.
devulcanisation equipment, which
facilitates the transformation of rubber The facility is located in the Arnhem facility
granules into Tyre Derived Polymer. TyrE hall, which happens to be one of the
Tyromer Inc. was founded in Canada halls used by the Canadian Forces when
and developed its technology out of the they liberated the Dutch city after WWII.
University of Waterloo.
Tyromer Europe will be one of the first
Recently, the European branch of the companies to provide a fully circular
company “Tyromer Europe (TyrE)“ solution for repurposing end-of-life tyres
announced its newest site in Arnhem, in the Netherlands.
Netherlands. The plant is set to be
Global recognition for the REVYRE
technology providers
• RubberJet Valley won the • Tyromer won a 2018 • Tyromer were selected
2020 Technology Award Edison Awards Gold as a winner in the Top
at the Tyre Technology Medal in the Energy & 100 private companies
International Awards Sustainability – Resource in North America by Red
Re-use Category. Herring.
• The pre-eminent global
technical tyre award
• Tyromer won a 2018 • Professor Costas
Sustainability Leadership Tzoganakis, the inventor
• RubberJet Valley won Award from Business of Tyromer’s patented
the 2020 Environmental Intelligence Group (BIG). technology for rubber
Achievement of the devulcanization, received
Year Award at the Tyre • Headquartered in the prestigious 2018
Technology International New Jersey, USA, James L. White Award
Awards BIG Awards seek to from the Polymer
recognize companies Processing Society.
• The pre-eminent global and individuals with
technical tyre award persistence, vision,
and creativity.
• Tyromer were selected
3rd in the 2020
E4S (Elastomers for
Sustainability) Top 10
technologies to enhance
the elastomer/rubber
industry
REVYRE- Tyre resource recovery | June 2021 Newsletter
Technology Comparison:
REVYRE vs Pyrolysis
A common question REVYRE is often asked is what differentiates our process from conventional pyrolysis processes. Below is a
summary of each technology which highlights the many environmental and economic benefits of the REVYRE solution.
Process Summary
HIERARCHY OF SOLUTIONS FOR ELT TYRES (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)
100% 25% 75%
of ELT PYROLYSIS
of ELT of ELT
OTHER
REUSE RECYCLING MATERIAL RECOVERY HYBRID ENERGY RECOVERY DISPOSAL
RECOVERY
REVYRE PYROLYSIS
• Only true circular economy rubber resource recovery • Not a circular process
process available that brings together two award winning
• Some material reuse from the steel and carbon black,
tyre recycling technologies for the first time
however, the majority is energy recovery from waste. Most
• Does not alter the beneficial material properties of the of the ELT is combusted
rubber or steel and does not degrade or dematerialise those
• Thermally degrades and dematerialises tyre rubber, most of
materials
the resource inputs and most of the economic value of the
• Economic value and use of resources used to make a tyre ELT is lost
(natural rubber, synthetic rubber, water, energy, labour, land
• Significant particulate, VOC and carbon emissions
use) are all preserved rather than destroyed
• Results in thermally altered contaminated scrap steel,
• No chemicals used in the process and no toxic by-products
contaminated carbon black and a burnable oil or pellet. The
produced
pyrolysis oil does not meet fuel specification and can only
• High-purity, high-value rubber powder or TDP output that be used as a low value drop in hydrocarbon that needs to be
meets the stringent supplier specifications re-refined for use in engines or turbines.
• Saves carbon emissions, energy and water by substituting • Cannot be substituted to make new tyres and is an energy
new natural or synthetic rubber in tyre production and resource intensive process
• Due to the quality of the REVYRE products and the high- • Pyrolysis results in low value products with limited or no
value to end users, the business case for a REVYRE plant viable markets. As a result, the gate fee for processing is
requires no substantial gate fee as the value of the product substantial and the overall business case risky.
and significant export market need pays for the cost of
processing.
• Pyrolysis results in low value products with limited or no
viable markets. As a result, the gate fee for processing is
substantial and the overall business case risky.
REVYRE- Tyre resource recovery | June 2021 Newsletter
REVYRE Site Locations
REVYRE has narrowed down sites based on
the following requirements:
Australia priority sites
Mt Isa, QLD • Strategic location close to feedstock
Hunter, NSW supply
Wollongong, NSW • Easy access to a port
• Access to logistic routes
Australia pipeline sites
Pilbara & Kalgoorlie, WA • Repurposing existing industrial sites
Parkes, NSW (where possible)
Port Pirie, SA The current sites will support local mining
Gladstone, QLD and industry operations and will generate
employment and regional development for
NZ priority site the local economies.
Tokoroa
NZ pipeline
site
No more excuses
Whakatane for companies like
Whitehaven Coal
Earlier this year, Whitehaven Coal
came under significant scrutiny for its
New legislation introduced as to plans to bury around 870 end-of-life
tyres at its mine site in the Gunnedah
National Environmental Standards Basin. The company defended this
decision, claiming there are no viable
for storing tyres outdoors options for recycling tyres.
REVYRE’s vision is to end the burying
New Zealand’s Ministry for the Environment Tyrewise (the NZ industry-led framework or burning of end-of-life mine
has put in place the Resource Management for a mandatory stewardship programme tyres on mine sites, by offering an
(National Environmental Standards for for end-of-life tyres) is strongly economically viable solution that
Storing Tyres Outdoors) Regulation 2021 supportive of the objectives of the NES also benefits local communities and
(NES) that take effect from 20 August 2021. as the regulations provide another promotes regional development.
mechanism for collectors, transporters
The standards create a method by which and processors of end-of-life tyres to
all regional councils can manage the ensure they are compliant with the
environmental and health risks associated Resource Management Act. How to find out
with end-of-life tyres stored or discarded
outside and is applauded as it provides a
more information:
consistent, national approach, and thus
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