Currently, as much as 41 percent of these tires end up in landfills, where they take anywhere between five to eight decades to decompose. However, the process is also space-consuming, since the tires have a lot of voids and can leach dangerous toxins into groundwater. Worse still, they becomeRecycling tires is a relatively new concept, but it can help conserve land and prevent toxic substances from leaching out.
The chips are then decomposed into a gas and a solid phase. The solid phase contains the recovered carbon black, which is refined and recycled back to tire manufacturers. The gas phase is split into a gas stream that heats the whole process, and into liquid fuel. The liquid fuel is sold as a biofuel component for further processing into green transportation fuel or bioplastic. The whole process is uniquely green as 100 percent of the products are either bio or recycled.
The catalyst you are developing with Hulteberg, how will it help TDO to be used directly as a diesel substitute? Tyre chemical recycling has advantages over plastic recycling in terms of feedstock stability and alignment with green objectives . Our experience with Quantafuel gave us experience working onand we learned a lot about project management. Now we’re taking these skills, experiences, and collective industry knowledge forward and putting it all towards Wastefront.