Tytec Recycling, a new company based in Perth, Western Australia, announces the world’s first environmentally friendly OTR tyre recycling launching in Australia this year. Edison Award-winning technology from Green Distillation Technologies Corporation (GDTC) finally provides mining and agricultural sectors a way to convert used tyres into renewable energy sources. The innovative process consumes less energy and results in extremely low emissions and a safer work environment for system operators.
Using Edison Award-winning technology from Green Distillation Technologies Corporation (GDTC), Tytec Recycling offers a one-step process to convert OTR tyres into high-quality steel, diesel oil and carbon.
“We’ve been working on a way to efficiently recycle OTR tyres for the past nine years,” says Brett Fennell, chairman of Tytec Recycling. “Tytec Recycling is collaborating with GDTC to establish an environmentally friendly way to turn old earthmoving tyres into a renewable energy source.”
Most tyre recycling requires up to six steps, including removing the steel beading from tyres, cutting the tyres into small pieces, then shredding or grinding the tyre cuttings. The final step in the recycling preparation is to perform magnetic sorting to remove any remaining steel for crumb rubber sales. Crumb rubber is commonly used in athletic surfaces, playgrounds and equestrian footings.
“The Destructive Distillation process used by Tytec Recycling allows a whole OTR tyre to be recycled in a single step,” says Fennell.
“We’re using continuous heating technology that’s incredibly energy efficient and results in extremely low emissions.”
“Our reactors operate at a much lower temperature and pressure, providing the added advantage of being safer for system operators and reducing the wear and tear on the plant.”
The result from the distillation process is reclaimed steel, carbon and diesel of saleable quality.
“We’re currently on track to begin OTR recycling in June 2016 and will open our purpose-built recycling center in Perth in January 2017, then Queensland soon after,” Fennell says.