Tyre recycling using microbiology

Archiv – On behalf of the UK Waste & Resource Action Programme (WRAP), technology transfer and commercialisation group Imperial Innovations is to provide incubation and support services to Scottish tyre recycling company Recyclatech. United Kingdom | On behalf of the UK Waste & Resource Action Programme (WRAP), technology transfer and commercialisation group Imperial Innovations is to provide incubation and support services to Scottish tyre recycling company Recyclatech.
On the basis of research conducted at Napier University in Edinburgh, Recyclatech has developed a microbiological rubber devulcanisation technique that can convert large volumes of rubber into a recyclate which can be used in high-value applications. The WRAP-funded Recycling Commercialisation Centre will provide Recyclatech with: resources and support for technical testing; assistance with business planning; help in identifying funding opportunities; and assistance with developing the company towards investment readiness, as well as with the identification of markets and customers.
Susan Searle, CEO of Imperial Innovations, says: ’This technology has the potential to revolutionise the rubber recycling industry.’ Bill Findly, her counterpart at Recyclatech, adds: ‘€˜Today, valuable applications are sought for end-of-life tyres. Recyclatech has the potential to reuse significant volumes of waste rubber.’€™