NEWSLETTER - N°7
July
 

EDITORIAL

 

BLACKCYCLE WORKSHOP: REGISTRATION OPENING

 

The BLACKCYCLE 2022 workshop is getting ready. This is the flagship event of the project.
 

This year the workshop will be held in Zaragoza, Spain. This event aims to bring together the wider community of the BLACKCYCLE project.

Partners and stakeholders from various horizons are expected to come to Zaragoza and share the last news concerning BLACKCYLE.

 

Whether you are interested in the BLACKCYCLE solution, whether you have ideas for the consortium, whether you are expecting more circularity in society: THIS EVENT IS MADE FOR YOU.

 

You are welcome to this event in November, 2022, 22nd &23rd to discover:

• Project partners

• Blackcycle results

• Technological dissemination of BLACKCYCLE solutions

• Social acceptance

• Regulation & policy

 

You will have the opportunity to learn more and visit CSIC laboratories as well as the SISENER facilities (pyrolytic oil distillation columns), allowing you to see advanced technologies in a full scale industrial plant..

You will be amazed to see that the project is progressing rapidly, and that the dynamism of the teams makes possible to do great things.

 

SUCCESS STORY

FIRST BLACKCYCLE PODCAST IS A REAL SUCCESS
 

Blackcycle project designed with the Tire & Rubber Recycling magazine a podcast dedicated to the project.Its Chief Editor Ewan Scott and a correspondent Richard Wilson were at the helm to interview key actors of the project.

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RECIRCLE AWARDS: BLACKCYCLE NOMINEE
 

The Recircle Awards is a global event designed to recognise the contribution of companies and individuals within the tire manufacturing, retreading and recycling industries towards the Circular Economy.

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PARTNER FOCUS

QUANTIS - SWITZERLAND
 

Quantis is a leading environmental sustainability consultancy pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. They partner with major organizations across the globe who are serious about reducing their environmental impacts to future-proof their businesses and prosper in a new planetary economy. Their unique approach combines deep environmental expertise, strategic business knowledge, and enterprise transformation skills to help organizations shape policies, practices and business models that align with the planet’s capacity while building resilience, unlocking innovation, and optimizing performance.

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EVENTS

 
  • TRACTION SUMMIT 2022 - 26-27 JULY - USA
    « Sustainability in Tires » will focus on sustainability in the tire industry, from raw material selection, to fuel efficiency, to end of life options. This event will provide an exciting new forum for a comprehensive assessment of sustainability issues in the tire industry.
    Learn more and register 
  • RECOVERED CARBON BLACK CONFERENCE - 16-17 NOVEMBER - GERMANY
    Recovered Carbon Black Conference returns in 2022 across the 16 & 17 November in Berlin, providing an essential platform for over 200 rCB representives.
    Learn more and register 
 
  •  EUCHEMS 2022 - 28 AUGUST - 2 SEPTEMBER - PORTUGAL
    The 8 EuCheMS Chemistry Congress is being built under the unifying theme of Chemistry the Central Science, focusing on the central role of chemistry at the interfaces with biology, material and environmental sciences, both for the progress of humankind and for the solution of fundamental problems of modern societies. 
    Learn more and register 
LATEST NEWS
 
  • THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
Since September 2020, Michelin led the BlackCycle project to deal with an upcycling ambition, targeting the creation of a circular economy of the end-of-life tire (ELT) into technical applications within the tire industry by producing highly technical secondary raw materials (SRMs) from ELTs. These SRMs will be used to develop new ranges of passenger car and truck tires, which will be sold commercially in European and global markets.
 
 
  • CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INDTECH 2022

IndTech 2022 is a flagship event on the European agenda, organized every two years by the European Commission in one of the countries holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

IndTech 2022 took place in Grenoble in France. Moreover, this year is a special one for Grenoble, since the city has been named the 2022 European Green Capital. The award highlights Grenoble’s long-term commitments concerning sustainable development, and this will be a year to go even further!
 

  • BLACKCYCLE PROJECT CLAIMS "PYROLISIS OPTIMISATION" MILESTONE

Project produces 60,000 litres of “optimised pyrolysis oil” from end-of-life tires

Dillingen, Germany – Tire recycling and sustainability initiative, the BlackCycle Project has reached a new milestone with the successful optimisation of waste tire pyrolysis process.

In a statement 8 June, Pyrum Innovations AG which supplies the pyrolysis technology for end-of-life tyres (ELT), said a trial campaign to optimise its process was completed on 24 May and 60,000 litres of “optimised pyrolysis oil” was delivered to Spanish project partner Sisener Ingenieros SL.

 

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  • INTERVIEW OF MICHELIN BY MARTIN VON WOLFERSDORFF

ETRA conference took place during three days at the end of May. The Conference is the culmination of a year-long series of ETRA-led and supported activities and events that focused on market development and expansion for a broad array of recycled tire materials, products and applications.

There were many informal opportunities for delegates and speakers to meet and discuss common interests during Matchmaking activities, cocktail receptions and meals, etc. and after-hours meeting.
 

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