The Tyre Recycling Podcast

Przemysław Zaprzalski, R&D Director at Grupa Recykl, joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 92. Przemysław sits down with Ewan Scott to discuss the company's pioneering work as Europe's largest supplier of pyrolysis feedstock, servicing plants across Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands. He outlines the critical requirements of tyre manufacturers for consistent recovered carbon...

Przemysław Zaprzalski, R&D Director at Poland's Grupa Recykl, joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 91. Przemysław sits down with Ewan Scott to discuss the company's major success in commercialising tyre-derived materials for the road construction sector. He explains how controlling input tyre streams allows Grupa Recykl to produce high-purity, chemical-grade crumb rubber powd...

Andreas Steinlage , Senior Business Development Manager at Netzsch , joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 90. Andreas sits down with Ewan Scott to discuss the critical role of post-processing technology in the tyre pyrolysis sector. With over 150 years of heritage, Netzsch provides essential milling and drying solutions that transform coarse pyrolytic char into high-quality, consistent rec...

John Loudermilk , CEO of Birla Carbon , returns to The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 89 to continue his discussion with Ewan Scott regarding the evolving landscape of the recovered carbon black (rCB) market. John explores why the adoption of sustainable carbonaceous materials has been slower than anticipated, citing the current economic pressures and the competitive nature of imported tyres....

Dr Geoff Fowler , Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London , joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 88, recorded at the Recovered Carbon Black Conference in Barcelona. Dr Fowler sits down with Ewan Scott to discuss his team's ground-breaking research into improving the quality of rCB (Recovered Carbon Black) directly within the pyrolysis reactor . He outlines the limitations of...

Francesco Di Pierro, Founder and CEO of Rubber Conversion, joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 87 to discuss the future of sustainable rubber compounds. Recorded at the Round Trip Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit in Melbourne, a joint event with Tyre Stewardship Australia and Tyrewise, this episode explores Rubber Conversion’s patented mechanochemical devulcanisation process. Franc...

Edoardo Fiore, Business Development Manager at Rover Research, joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 86 to discuss their innovative water jet technology. Recorded at the NTRO in Port Melbourne during the Round Trip Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit, a joint event with Tyre Stewardship Australia and Tyrewise, Edoardo explains how their patented system automates the retreading and recyc...

Tommaso Verri from RubberJet Group joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 85, recorded at the Round Trip Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit in Melbourne, presented by Tyre Stewardship Australia and Tyrewise. In this episode, Tommaso introduces RubberJet’s proprietary high-pressure water jetting technology, which offers a sustainable alternative to traditional ambient shredding. He expla...

Barry van Bergen, CEO of Recircle Ltd., joins Ewan Scott for Episode 84 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast. Recircle is a UK technology company addressing a critical, yet often overlooked, aspect of the industry: unvulcanised rubber waste. Barry explains how their innovative water jetting technology selectively separates materials like tread compounds from uncured casings, allowing this valuable green...

Scott Gerber, Program Director of the Better Play Initiative (BPI), joins Ewan Scott for Episode 83 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast. The BPI is a US-based advocacy group promoting the safe, sustainable use of recycled rubber in sports and playground applications. Scott addresses concerns about the safety of crumb rubber infill, citing comprehensive studies from agencies like the EPA and CalEPA (Cali...

Daniele De Maria from Proge Plast Engineering joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 82, reporting directly from the Round Trip Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit in Melbourne. Daniele provides a fascinating insight into the Italian family-owned business, which has spent over 40 years specialising in customised polymer processing and circular rubber systems. In this episode, Daniele out...

Dr. Barry Takkalou, CEO and Founder of CRM Rubber, joins Richard Wilson live from The Round Trip: Tyre & Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit for Episode 81 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast. As a civil engineer with 40 years of experience, Barry discusses his objective to share North American experiences with rubberised asphalt with colleagues in Australia and Europe. He details how CRM bridged the gap...

BAFTA-winning BBC journalist Paul Kenyon joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast live from the Round Trip Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit in Melbourne. Paul, whose File on 4 programme "The Tyre Scandal" exposed the illegal export of UK end-of-life tyres to India, discusses what he hoped to learn at the summit, noting Australia is at a "more advanced stage" than the UK. He reve...

Jon Visaisouk, CEO of Tyromer, joins The Tyre Recycling Podcast live from the Round Trip Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit in Melbourne for Episode 79. Tyromer utilises a proprietary devulcanization process to transform crumb rubber into a high-value material for new rubber products. Jon discusses his objectives for the summit, emphasising the need for actionable outcomes beyond discussion....

Recorded live from the Round Trip Tyre Recycling and Conveyor Belt Summit in Melbourne, Episode 78 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features Vanessa Linehan, Head of Future Fuels and Decarbonisation at Viva Energy. Vanessa discusses Viva Energy's significant move into the tyre recycling space through its MOU with Klean Industries to develop a large-scale Tyre Pyrolysis Oil (TPO) facility capable...

In the second part of our series previewing the Round Trip 2025 Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit, The Tyre Recycling Podcast welcomes Lina Goodman, CEO of Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA). Lina discusses TSA's excitement for the summit, explaining how the collaboration with the mandatory Tyrewise scheme in New Zealand will be a showcase for knowledge sharing. She touches on the inclusi...

Adele Rose from Tyrewise returns to The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 76 to preview the upcoming Round Trip 2025 Tyre and Conveyor Belt Recycling Summit in Melbourne, a joint event with Tyre Stewardship Australia. Adele discusses the importance of this inaugural summit for the region and outlines Tyrewise's key objectives, including a major focus on advancing the use of tyre-derived prod...

In Podcast 75, Tyre and Rubber Recycling engage in a frank discussion with South Africa's REDISA  where Stacey Jansen and Alex Erdmann give an overview of the challenges REDISA and South Africa have faced in developing a waste tyre plan.  SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Subscribe WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Website TYRE & RUBBER RECYCLING ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-2025-2 FACEBOO...

John Loudermilk, CEO of Birla Carbon, joined The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 74 to discuss the future of recovered carbon black (rCB). He shares Birla's strategy for scaling "sustainable carbonaceous materials," highlights the limiting factors for rCB, and reveals how research could unlock new applications. John also introduces Continua 8030 and touches on Birla's new Pa...

Arthur Wagner from REGOM joined The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 73 as we explored the technology behind their tyre identification systems and their expansion into the US market. Arthur discusses how REGOM's system, which already has 12 operational lines in Europe, helps achieve better valorisation by speeding up logistics, though it still relies on human inspection. With the industry m...

Adele Rose from Tyrewise joined The Tyre Recycling Podcast for Episode 72 as we looked to find out about the scheme’s early success and their ongoing plans and strategy to develop New Zealand’s domestic market. At the moment, New Zealand optimal processing capacity is about 110,000 tonnes of tyres, but the market demand is currently around 35,000 tonnes and with that in mind Adele touches upon Tyr...

In Tyre and Rubber Recycling Podcast 71, Ewan Scott discusses the Australian scenario with the CEO of Tyre Stewardship Australia, Lina Goodman. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Subscribe WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Website TYRE & RUBBER RECYCLING ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-2024-4 FACEBOOK ►   / https://www.facebook.com/TyreRubberRecycling WHATSAPP ► https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaG...

Episode 70 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast explores the complex world of tyre recycling in the UK, examining the challenges and opportunities facing the industry. This episode continues our deep dive into the UK's tyre recycling landscape!  We're exploring the challenges and opportunities facing the industry, building on our conversations with key figures in previous episodes. In Episode 6...

Episode 69 of The Tyre Recycling Podcast features Stefan Hay, Chief Executive of the NTDA,  as we delve into the critical issues surrounding waste tyre management. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Subscribe WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Website TYRE & RUBBER RECYCLING ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-2024-4 FACEBOOK ►   / https://www.facebook.com/TyreRubberRecycling WHATSAPP ► https://whatsapp...

Episode 68 of The Tyre Recycling discusses the changing environment for end of life tyres in the UK, and touches on some of the potential outcomes with the BTMA Chief Executive, Darren Lindsey. SUBSCRIBE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Subscribe WEBSITE ► https://tinyurl.com/TRR-Website TYRE & RUBBER RECYCLING ► http://tinyurl.com/TRR-2023-4 FACEBOOK ►   / https://www.facebook.com/TyreRubberRecyclin...