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TRA: India’s end-of-life tyre recycling mandate a welcome move

E Bouman; Squarespace

The Indian government’s announcement of an action plan for the management of increasing volumes of waste tyres has been welcomed by the UK Tyre Recovery Association (TRA). Despite the Indian government’s move as a “much-needed response to a growing environmental challenge”, TRA representatives commented that India’s waste tyre arisings have been “swelling exponentially but so too have imports of old tyres from many western countries”. Some of the latter have reportedly “ended up being processed in illegal or environmentally unsuitable ways”.

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Kwik-Fit and Stapleton’s owner ETEL buys leading tyre recycling firm Murfitts

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Murfitts Industries

European Tyre Enterprise Ltd (ETEL), which owns leading tyre retail and wholesale operations Kwik-Fit and Stapleton’s, has agreed the acquisition of Murfitts Industries, the country’s leading tyre recycling company. ETEL is buying 100 per cent of Murfitts Group Ltd, the parent company of Murfitts Industries. Murfitts operates a national network recycling the equivalent of around 20 million car tyres per year. Murfitts, which processes and recycles tyres into granulate, has been a long-term provider of post-consumer tyre collection and recycling services to ETEL.

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Big Atom plans Ellesmere port expansion plus 2nd recycling site

Big Atom

Big Atom has big plans. The circular economy start-up, which already boasts the North West’s second-largest tyre recycling plant, is set to ramp-up capacity at its Ellesmere Port headquarters and has plans for two more additional locations as well as the implementation of its pyrolysis technology in the next year or two.

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New majority shareholder: Maj Invest Equity takes 51% in Genan Holding

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End-of-life tyre recycling firm Genan has a new majority shareholder after PKA, sole owner of Genan since 2014, agreed to sell 51 per cent of its shares in the company to Maj Invest Equity 5 K/S, a fund overseen by one of Denmark’s leading asset management companies. PKA continues to co-own Genan as minority shareholder.

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Salvadori supplying downsizing system to Michelin/Enviro recycling plant

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Earlier this year, Michelin Group and Scandinavian Enviro Systems announced they were building a facility for extracting raw materials such as carbon black, oil, steel and gas from end-of-life tyres, with Michelin holding 90 per cent equity in the Antofagasta, Chile-based joint venture. Michelin has selected Italian tyre recycling solution provider Salvadori Srl to supply and install the plant’s downsizing system, and also to train local staff in its operation. The plant will use Salvadori’s technology to reduce tyres into pieces of predetermined dimensions before further processing them. 

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Sustainable raw materials: Liberty deal supporting Bolder’s growth

US-based sustainable materials supplier Bolder Industries, Inc. is looking forward to increasing deliveries to tyre makers and other manufacturers thanks to a new partnership with Liberty Tire Recycling, one of the leading providers of tyre recycling services in North America. It anticipates that the Liberty-supplied feedstock will help it meet growing contractual obligations for its BolderBlack recovered carbon black and BolderOil petrochemicals.

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Enviro decides on site for Swedish recycling plant

The Board of Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) decided today on the final location for establishing its previously announced recycling plant in Uddevalla, Sweden, and also approved the company’s environmental permit application. The company intends to formally submit the application this Friday and anticipates that the application process may take up to one year.

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Tyre recycling: Investment aiding Bolder Industries’ global ambitions

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Bolder Industries, Inc., a US-based firm specialising in converting end-of-life tyres into sustainable carbon black, oil and steel, has raised US$80 million in equity and an additional $100 million in committed project-level funding. This will support global growth to meet rising customer demand, including long-term contracts from major automotive, manufactured rubber, plastics and sustainable petrochemicals partners. Funding is co-led by CIM Group and Aravaipa Ventures and supported by strategic partner Tauber Oil.

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End-of-life tyres: Nexolub to market oils from L4T facility

Life for Tyres (L4T) Group has signed a ten-year offtake agreement with Spanish base oils supplier Nexolub to market oils extracted from end-of-life tyres processed at the plant it is currently setting up in Puertollano, Spain. The L4T facility is scheduled to be completed in December and become operational the following month with an annual capacity of 27,000 tonnes – a quantity equivalent to eight per cent of the end-of-life tyres generated in the country each year – it will be one of the largest facilities of its type in Europe.

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Kuwait recycling 42 million dumped tyres

17 years of dumping has amassed a “tyre graveyard” over 42 million vehicle tyres in Kuwait. According to EuroNews.Green, this has resulted in clouds of toxic black smoke when set alight, creating an “immense environmental risk for residents”.

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Enviro’s Uddevalla, Sweden tyre recycling plant moves a step closer

Scandinavian Enviro Systems’ plans for a new tyre recycling plant in Uddevalla, Sweden have moved a step closer with consultation on the necessary plans for the site.

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Mulch from OTR tyres: Eagle Edge 360

US-based tyre recycling equipment specialist Eagle International has unveiled a machine capable of producing rubber mulch. The Eagle Edge 360 is designed to remove high-quality mulch from the treads and sidewalls of OTR tyres ranging in size from 33-inch through 63-inch rim diameters.

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Average car tyre weight up 7% in 5 years, increasing recovery cost

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The Tyre Recovery Association has revealed one simple factor behind the increased expense of collection and recycling end of life car tyres; they are getting heavier. New analysis by Astutus Research reveals that the average weight of a car tyre is now seven per cent more that it was just five years ago. Several factors have recently combined to push up the cost of waste tyre collection.

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ECP acquiring Liberty Tire Recycling

The largest player in the USA’S tyre recycling sector will soon have a new owner. Global investment firm The Carlyle Group has agreed to sell Liberty Tire Recycling to ECP, a 2005-founded investor across energy transition and decarbonisation infrastructure assets. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021. The parties have not disclosed financial details.

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Genan appoints Thomas Ballegaard CCO

Thomas Ballegaard has returned to a business closely linked to the tyre industry. Just over a year after parting ways with STARCO, he has taken on the role of chief commercial officer at end-of-life tyre recycling specialist Genan. He joined the Genan team on 1 March, taking overall responsibility for European Sales as well as for global marketing and product management.

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