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25 Years of California Tyre Dumping Continues

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25 Years of California Tyre Dumping Continues

10 years ago, Tyre and Rubber Recycling reported on a Tijuana Estuary waste tyre issue; it continues still

Back in 2015, Tyre and Rubber Recycling picked up a story about tyres being dumped in the Tijauna river in Mexico.

At that time, the Assembly Committee for Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials travelled to the Tijauna estuary to dig into specifics and get a better grasp of the problem.

The issue was then, as it is now, that tyres dumped in Tijauna in Mexico were washed down the Tijauna River and ended up deposited in the Californian estuary, creating environmental issues for the State.

WILDCOAST’s Fay Crevoshay said  then; “This is a problem that goes back 15 years and it is really time to deal with it because we are in an emergency mode.”

The cause of the problem is not just Mexican sourced tyres being dumped but that Californian dealers are exporting used, or waste tyres to Tijuana, where the potentially roadworthy tyres get reused, and with the nearest recycling facility being in Mexicali two and a half hours away, it is simpler for low value operators to simply dump tyres in the waterway.  Now, as then, the problem continues.

The Californian tyre recycling fee can only be spent dealing with Californian tyres, and these tyres are, despite being in Californian waters, not California’s  tyres since they have already been collected and exported.

There were plans to allocate funds to a Californian third party, and for Baja Mexico’s state to provide some funding to deal with the problem.

However, 10 years down the line it appears that little has changed.

Today, California Environmental Protect Agency estimates that some 3 million used tyres are transported to Mexico.

WILDCOAST’s Associate Director Anne Middleton said “We would love it if Tijuana and the US Government got together to fund a new tyre recycling facility in Tijuana.”

Which, of course is a bit of déjà vu, since this is where they were in 2015, where the problem had been ongoing for the previous 10 years, at least.  From a distance, we suspect that the chances of a Trump-led US Government funding a recycling plant in Mexico might be a long shot.

NETZSCH Employees Make Children Smile

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NETZSCH Employees Make Children Smile

NETSZCH repeats charitable work over Christmas by supporting a local children’s charity

Over the Christmas period we all meet with family and friends to celebrate and enjoy the festivities. However, not every child has that safe family to celebrate Christmas with.

Suibamoond e.V. association from Burghausen is a society that cares for and supports traumatised children and young people who have been victims of physical, sexual or psychological violence. This year, NETZSCH employees once again made children’s eyes light up and fulfilled Christmas wishes.

The Suibamoond e.V. employs specialists from organisations and counseling centres who help the children and young people to cope with and process their experiences.

For the second time, NETZSCH Pumps & Systems supported the local project with a so-called wish tree. A Christmas tree was set up in the Company restaurant FELIX, which was peppered with wish lists from the children and young people cared for by Suibamoond. The spectrum ranged from vouchers to Lego or toy cars.

The employees of NETZSCH fulfilled all wishes, this year there were 150 involved. For bigger wishes, entire teams even came together to fulfill the wish together. The employees from Waldkraiburg once again made children’s eyes light up this year and brought a bit of normality into the everyday lives of young adults and children.

New Milling Line for Ecolomondo

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New Milling Line for Ecolomondo

Ecolomondo Corporation, a leading innovator in sustainable tyre recycling technology, has announced that it expects to soon receive its new milling line

Ecolomondo was in the final stages of the commercialisation of its Hawkesbury TDP facility when it discovered a major deficiency in its already installed  recovered carbon black milling line. After numerous months of testing, the milling line was incapable to achieve the promised output of 1,600 lbs per hour of recovered carbon black (“rCB”) nor was it capable to yield a particle size of 10-15 microns, the particle size promised and required by most of the company’s rCB off-takers.

Ecolomondo immediately undertook the necessary steps to select and purchase a replacement milling line capable of fulfilling the required output and particle size.

The new milling line will have the capabilities of milling 2,200 lbs per hour of rCB and produce the particle size of 10-15 microns, which should satisfy all of the company’s rCB off-takers. Once the new milling line is operational, management believes it will be a major achievement to the commercial success of Ecolomondo.

Ecolomondo is pleased to announce that the new milling line is now built, inspected, paid and was shipped on November 24, 2024. It is scheduled to arrive at the Company’s Hawkesbury facility by early January 2025.

The company is currently preparing to install the new milling line during the month of January, and expects to begin commissioning in February 2025.

“We are excited about our new milling line and look forward to begin supplying the needs of our rCB off-takers,”, said Jean-François Labbé, Interim CEO of the company.

During 2024, Ecolomondo also worked on improvements in its other processes and recently announced another milestone in its tyre shredding output. It believes that it is now capable to produce enough crumb rubber to supply 2 TDP reactors at full projected capacity of 15,000 lbs per batch for over 2 batches for each reactor every day.

Pyrum Innovations AG: Important Milestones Reached

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Pyrum Innovations AG: Important Milestones Reached

Approval documents for BImSchG approval and early start of construction for Pyrum’s GreenFactory II GmbH submitted

Pyrum Innovations AG submitted the BImSchG (“Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz”) approval and approval documents for the early start of construction of Pyrum’s new plant “Green Factory II GmbH” at the new site in Perl-Besch last week.

Previously, there were slight delays due to technical optimisations at the existing site in Dillingen/Saar and the associated need for more extensive expert opinions. After the last technical information was received, the application for the construction of the second Pyrum plant was submitted on time. The ground-breaking ceremony at the new location is scheduled for spring 2025.

Meanwhile, another important milestone in the rollout plan has been reached at the Dillingen/Saar site. With almost 2,000 operating hours at TAD 2 and over 1,000 operating hours at TAD 3, further necessary basic requirements with regard to the final investment decisions of the partners, such as Remondis, have been met. Furthermore, the production intervals of the two new lines (TAD 2 and TAD 3) have been extended from the original four weeks to four and a half weeks. These adjustments will lead to a significant increase in the efficiency of the production processes and an increase in production output in the future.

Pascal Klein, CEO of Pyrum Innovations AG said; “Shortly before the turn of the year, we have made significant progress in our rollout plan. With the submission of the building permit for Pyrum GreenFactory II GmbH, we have overcome the last major obstacle before the groundbreaking ceremony in spring 2025 in Perl-Besch. In addition, the two new lines have reached a new threshold. The high number of operating hours not only meets the assumed requirements of our partners, but also continues to demonstrate the performance of our technology. We are very proud of this new milestone and are already looking forward to the development of upcoming customer projects.”

Ecore’s Dodge Joins Tyre Recycling Foundation

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Ecore’s Dodge Joins Tyre Recycling Foundation

Ecore International, a manufacturer of commercial flooring and surfaces, has announced that Arthur Dodge, its chairman and CEO, has joined the inaugural board of directors for the newly established Tire Recycling Foundation

As one of the founding members of this new board, Dodge brings more than three decades of experience in rubber recycling and circular innovation. 

Formed under the leadership of the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) and the Tire Industry Association (TIA), the Tire Recycling Foundation says it is dedicated to driving change within the tyre recycling industry.

The new foundation will work to secure funding and allocate grants for research, education and demonstration projects that address gaps in the national tyre recycling supply chain across the U.S.

SIGNUS Concludes Asphalt Mix Installation

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SIGNUS Concludes Asphalt Mix Installation

The test section of the SIGNUS PERSEUS project, in which the sound-reducing and mechanical properties of asphalt mixtures developed with tyre rubber granulate will be evaluated, has been successfully executed

This project, in which CAMPEZO, ASFALTIA, MOEVE, TECNALIA and SIGNUS participated, aimed to develop Poroelastic, sound-reducing, sustainable and resiliant asphalt pavements .

Laying the asphalt mix for the test road

The PERSEUS project, started in May 2022, aimed to develop new asphalt mixtures for pavements that reduce rolling noise and incorporate materials from tyre recycling.

This project is funded by the CDTI and is led by CAMPEZO with the participation of ASFALTIA, MOEVE and SIGNUS. It also has the collaboration and support of TECNALIA.

The project arises from the importance of adopting measures to reduce the noise levels of road traffic in inhabited environments.

One of the innovations of this project is the use of recycled rubber granules from end-of-life tyres to replace aggregates of sizes between 1 and 8 mm. The aim is to develop a solution that is as sustainable as possible to allow for an effective reduction of noise produced by road traffic, guaranteeing the durability of the pavement.

The granulate size is larger than is usually utilised

Following the tasks of designing, manufacturing and characterising different asphalt mixtures at laboratory level, last November the section of work was carried out in an area within the AP8 “Variante Sur Metropolitana”, made available by the Provincial Council of Bizkaia (DFB) through the Bizkaia Connected Corridor (BCC) initiative, promoted to test, validate and demonstrate all types of technologies linked to Mobility and Infrastructure in a real scenario.

The implementation of the two mixtures developed with rubber has been a success. In the coming months, the mechanical properties of the installed pavement will be studied and noise tests will be carried out with adapted vehicles.

The results of the analysis of the test section will show whether the use of rubber particle sizes much larger than those normally used for bituminous mixtures is an efficient solution for the manufacture of sustainable and sound-reducing pavements for our roads, which can reduce the noise generated by traffic, with the consequent positive impact on the population.

Velorim  to Double Collection Points

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Velorim  to Double Collection Points

Velorim, the leading UK recycler of bicycle tyres and inner tubes has announced a plan to double its collection points across the UK by 2026  

Velorim currently has 600 locations across the country and claims that 44,000 tonnes of bicycle tyres and inner tubes are discarded by cyclists ever year.  

It added that, due to limited recycling capacity, much of this waste is either sent to landfill where materials leak lead and zinc into the soil, or incineration where three tonnes of CO2 are produced per one tonne of rubber incinerated. 

Since starting in 2020, Velorim has seen more than 150,000 tyres and 150,000 inner tubes collected for recycling.  

To help them achieve their goal of doubling collection points by 2026, Velorim co-founders Russ Taylor and Richard Lawrence are calling on cyclists to nominate their local bike shop, repairers and mechanics to join the scheme. 

They said: “We know that cyclists tend to take an active approach to ecological and environmental matters and our service is there to support this ethos. We have made a steady growth since starting our business in 2020, but we know there are still many areas across the country that we’re yet to reach.  

“We’re calling on bike retailers and the cycling community to embrace the service and support us in our mission to make cycling even greener. Cyclists can nominate local bike businesses to sign up to the scheme.” 

Shercom Industries Sues Provincial Government and TSS

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Shercom Industries Sues Provincial Government and TSS

Saskatoon’s Shercom Industries has filed a statement of claim against the Province of Saskatchewan, and Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan and its CEO Stevyn Arnt, alleging breach of contract and “injurious falsehoods.”

Tyre Stewardship Saskatchewan is a non-profit that oversees tyre recycling in the province. It recently allocated tyre recycling provision to CRM, an American company, in a move that caused the shut-down of Shercom’s operations.

The statement of claim filed on November 8 seeks $10 million in damages against the province, and unspecified “punitive and/or exemplary damages” against the TSS and Arnt.

Saskatchewan Shercom Shane Olsen
Shercom’s Shane Olsen Image: CBC

The province and the TSS have 20 days from the filing of the statement of claim to file a statement of defence.

The lawsuit alleges the province failed to honour a commitment to Shercom for a long-term contract, assurance of tyre supply, and a voice in the future of the industry after a fire occurred at the facility in 2016 and a $10 million investment was subsequently made to re-build a state-of-the-art business where scrap tyre recycling could take place.

According to the claim, up until Shercom’s contract was effectively cancelled by TSS, it was recycling approximately $50 million of used tyres per year at its facilities north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.”

The lawsuit also alleges that California-based Crumb Rubber Manufacturing, which now collects all scrap tyres in the province, is simply “shredding tyres for size reduction and shipping them out of the province,” rather than recycling them in Saskatchewan and creating value-added products like playground rubber and landscaping tiles with the recycled materials, as Shercom does.

New Orleans to Pay for Waste Tyres

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New Orleans to Pay for Waste Tyres

Starting next year, people in New Orleans could get paid for recycling tyres

The incentive programme is supposed to discourage people from dumping their tyres illegally throughout the city. This is an ongoing issue across the USA, with local clear ups collecting thousands of dumped tyres on an almost weekly basis.

Despite multiple tire cleanups and even tyre fires in New Orleans East, the illegal dumping of them continues to plague the area’s neighbourhoods.

Staff at the city’s sanitation department say they pick up between 30,000 and 50,000 dumped tyres a year.

New Orleans City Council President Helena Moreno visited one of the dump sites. She says the city is taking action.

“We’re moving forward with a new pilot programme, which is really an incentive programme, so that tyres are brought to the City of New Orleans, and hopefully they won’t just end up being dumped throughout our neighbourhoods.”

Of course, there is then a risk that clever operators will start picking from hidden stockpiles to claim the “bounty”.  Whilst this is a start to addressing tyre dumping, it can surely only be a sticking plaster until some form of managed tyre recycling system is created , not just in Louisiana, but in every state. Some, such as Connecticut, have already started down an EPR route to address just this issue.

Starting next year, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the New Orleans Sanitation Department will put $250,000 towards the incentive programme.

“I really think if we put a bounty on those tyres, and we’ve got places where we can collect them, and I think that would go a long way, and it would prevent a lot of the other pilferage that goes on in the city with people looking for ways to make money,” said Joe Threat, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer for infrastructure. Some community activists say it’s a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to sustain the programme.

TANA Appoints Anu Söderena as Manager, Nordics and Baltics

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TANA Appoints Anu Söderena as Manager, Nordics and Baltics

Anu Söderena has been appointed as the Manager, Baltics & Nordics at Tana Oy, effective from December 10th

Anu Söderena’s responsibilities include leading and developing the sales and rental business of Tana Rental’s machine portfolio, as well as coordinating maintenance and spare parts operations. Previously Söderena has worked as a Business Development Manager at Kuusakoski Recycling, where she was responsible for managing a recycling plant investment project, among other roles. Her duties have also included various commercial responsibilities, including selling crushing services. She holds a Master of Science in Materials Engineering and an MBA

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