NISP member PYReco will soon begin build on a tyre pyrolysis plant on Teesside. Recipients of £2 million from the £60 million Tees Valley Industrial Programme (TVIP), PYReco hope to have a fully operational tyre pyrolysis plant on the Wilton International site by the end of 2011.

The plant will breakdown tyres into; high tensile steel, carbon black, diesel oil, and syngas without producing waste. Initially the diesel oil and syngas will be used to generate electricity for the national grid, while the carbon black will be used to make new tyres and other rubber products. It is also hoped that the high tensile steel will be used to make new tyre wire.

Initially PYReco will process 60,000 tonnes of tyres per year, reaching 360,000 tonnes at full capacity. Built incorporating the latest developments in eco-design the plant will also have an attached R&D facility looking into the future pyrolysis of other waste materials. It represents a major step forward in achieving the objective of “closed-loop” recycling for a range of materials that would otherwise be regarded as waste.

Click here to find out more.