End-of-life tyres (ELT) recycler, Pyrum Innovations and Unitank Betriebs have tied up in a Memorandum of Understanding on the joint construction, operation and maintenance of pyrolysis plants for the recycling of end-of-life tyres, based on Pyrum’s patented pyrolysis technology. The…
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