Recytyre has published its 2025 results, highlighting strong performance across collection, recovery and market placement
According to Recytyre, 93,685 tonnes of waste tyres were collected in Belgium last year, with 40 partners conducting 39,741 individual collections at 5,043 collection points nationwide. Of that total, Recytyre reports that 90,188 tonnes of waste tyres were successfully recovered through a network of 60 (pre-)processing companies based within the European Economic Area (EEA).
While the tonnage collected rose compared with the previous year, Recytyre notes that the overall collection rate actually declined, a result of the higher volume of tyres placed on the Belgian market since 2024 outpacing the growth in collection.
Notably, Recytyre states that 100% of processed tyres were sent to material recovery in 2025, with zero energy recovery, meaning every tyre handled through the network was converted into raw material for new applications rather than being used for energy generation.
Within material recovery, granulate accounted for 88% of the tonnage processed in 2025, according to Recytyre, making it by far the dominant output from the recovery network and underlining the extent to which recycled tyre material is being channelled back into granulate-based applications rather than other recovery streams.
On the market side, Recytyre’s figures show that 743 active members collectively placed 108,697 tonnes of new tyres onto the Belgian market during the year.
In its report, Recytyre frames these results as proof that waste tyres function not as an endpoint but as a starting point for new materials and applications, crediting the outcome to the collaboration between its members, collectors and processors, whether placing tyres on the market, handling collection logistics, or giving materials a second life through processing.
Read the full report here.
