New tyre recycling plant will emit 72 per cent less CO2 than traditional recycling methods

14 August 2023

Waste management company SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK and tyre pyrolysis specialist Pyrum Innovations AG have revealed their new one-year partnership and plans to create UK’s first tyre recycling plant using pyrolysis technology.

It is hoped that this new plant will help to tackle the waste caused by the disposal of more than 50 million tyres in the UK each year.

Currently, 13.4million scrap tyres are used for alternative fuel each year and repurposed into material for sports pitches and playgrounds. The remaining amount is sent to landfill.

The new facility, for which a location has not yet been identified, will support three pyrolysis reactors with an annual tyre recycling capacity of around 20,000 tonnes. These reactors extract reusable parts of scrap tyres - oil, carbon black, and pyrolysis gas.

The carbon black can then be used to create new tyres, and the oil is recycled into new products. The pyrolysis gas derived from the used tyres will also be used to power the plant itself.

The whole process emits 72 per cent less CO2 in the process compared with current recycling methods.

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