Enviro has taken delivery of the first of the five reactors planned for its Uddevalla plant
The delivery and installation of the reactors have now commenced as planned at the tyre recycling plant, based on Enviro’s pyrolysis technology. The first reactor has arrived, and the remaining four will be delivered on an ongoing basis.
The reactors are among the facility’s most central equipment, as it is in these that the pyrolysis process takes place, and carbon black, oil, and steel are recovered from end-of-life vehicle tyres.
“The reactors are the heart of Enviro’s leading pyrolysis technology, and the fact that they are now being installed means that we are taking a significant and important step in completing the first full-scale recycling facility,” says Fredrik Emilson, CEO of Enviro.
In addition to the first reactor being delivered to the site, the conveyor belt for tyre shred has also been installed, connecting the storage area for tyre shred with the process hall where the reactors are located. The shredded tyres, which are sourced externally and constitute the raw material for Enviro’s recycling process, will be fed into the reactors via the conveyor belt.
“The facility is designed to handle an incoming material flow of 34,500 tons of tyres per year, and seeing a central part of that logistics system come into place means that we are now truly connecting the process and beginning to see the entire flow take shape at the site,” says Emilson.
Throughout the summer, there has been intense activity at the site outside Uddevalla, where Enviro is constructing its first full-scale recycling facility in collaboration with the joint venture company Infiniteria. The work is in an intensive phase, with equipment deliveries and installations proceeding in parallel with the completion of the factory premises themselves. Enviro is a co-owner of Infiniteria, which, through a licensing agreement, has the right to use Enviro’s patented pyrolysis technology within Europe.
