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Brussels, March 25-27, 2025 Huayuan Tech, a leading manufacturer of advanced tire pyrolysis equipment, participated in the 30th Annual ETRA Conference on Tyre Recycling, held at Le Louise Hotel in Brussels. Under the theme "30 Years of Tyre Recycling: Inno...

The European Union (EU) has implemented stringent regulations and policies to manage end-of-life tyres (ELTs), promoting recycling and recovery over landfilling. Pyrolysis, a thermal decomposition process that converts tyres into oil, gas, and carbon black, is recognized as a viable waste-to-ener...

EuRIC has taken the call for better ELT processes to the European Union in its manifesto The recycling of tyres in Europe, despite numerous EPR and Tax schemes, plus a few free market systems, has failed to maximise the value in waste tyres. There is no single voice lobbying for tyre recycling,...

The number of vehicles is growing worldwide and as a result the number of tyres is increasing too. Hundreds of millions of tyres are discarded each year. Their disposal represents a major global problem.

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons - an increase of nearly 20,000%.As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is inexpensive to produce while being lightweight and sturdy. Its applications range from food and bevera...

Despite recent technology advances and gradual development of circular economy concepts, markets for tire pyrolysis products still can be regarded as nascent. In this article we make an introduction in what carbon black is, elaborate on fields of application of virgin carbon black and venture to ...

Brussels, 26 February 2025 - The Clean Industrial Deal (CID), published by the European Commission today, falls short of fully leveraging the potential of the circular economy for the much-needed economic transition, says environmental network Zero Waste Europe.

Bridgestone EMEA, Grupo BB&G (BB&G) and Versalis (ENI) have announced the signing of an agreement aimed at establishing a closed-loop ecosystem to transform end-of-life tyres into new tyre.

Brussels, 1 April 2025 - A series of new studies reveal alarming levels of dioxins, PFAS, and heavy metals in the environments surrounding waste incinerators in Spain, France, and The Netherlands.