Tyre recycler Scandinavian Enviro says the delivery and installation of the five pyrolysis reactors have now commenced as planned at its tyre recycling plant, based on Enviro’s pyrolysis technology, being built by Enviro outside Uddevalla. The first reactor has arrived, and the remaining four will be delivered on an ongoing basis.
The reactors are among the facility’s most central equipment, as it is in these that the pyrolysis process takes place, and valuable carbon black, oil, and steel are recovered from end-of-life vehicle tyres.
“The reactors are the heart of Enviro’s leading pyrolysis technology, and the fact that they are now being installed means that we are taking a significant and important step in completing the first full-scale recycling facility,” says Fredrik Emilson, CEO of Enviro.
In addition to the first reactor being delivered to the site, the conveyor belt for tyre shreds has also been installed, connecting the storage area for tyre shreds from discarded tyres with the process hall where the reactors are located. The shredded tyres, which are sourced externally and constitute the raw material for Enviro’s recycling process, will be fed into the reactors via the conveyor belt.
“The facility is designed to handle an incoming material flow of 34,500 tonnes of tyres per year, and seeing a central part of that logistics system come into place means that we are now truly connecting the process and beginning to see the entire flow take shape at the site,” says Emilson.
Throughout the summer, there has been intense activity at the site outside Uddevalla, where Enviro is constructing the first full-scale recycling facility in collaboration with the joint venture company Infiniteria.
The work is in an intensive phase, with equipment deliveries and installations proceeding in parallel with the completion of the factory premises themselves.
Enviro is a co-owner of Infiniteria, which, through a licensing agreement, has the right to use Enviro’s patented pyrolysis technology within Europe.
The production of new tyres using carbon black recovered with Enviro’s technology reduces carbon dioxide emissions by up to 93% compared with the use of virgin carbon black. Enviro has its head office in Gothenburg and a plant for the recycling of end-of-life tyres in Åsensbruk. The largest owner is French tyre manufacturer Michelin.