In July 2026, a group of industry leaders—Pirelli, Pyrum, Synthos, and BASF—jointly launched a “tire-to-tire” project. By linking the ISCC PLUS certification system, they built full-chain traceability and put recycled materials into the production of new products. Around the same time, Michelin and Bridgestone also began commercializing recovered carbon black. When brands commit to using recycled materials, the continuous tire pyrolysis system becomes a highly promising circular economy opportunity.

Going from tire to tire is what the future circular economy demands. It reduces environmental pollution and improves resource efficiency—but it also raises the bar for the equipment used in these projects. First, output quality must be stable enough for commercial use in new tires. Second, the whole chain has to be traceable: from scrap tires entering the plant to pyrolysis products leaving it, every step should be backed by certified green data. Third, production has to be scalable, running continuously at a scale of tens of thousands of tons per year. Compared with conventional scrap tire disposal routes such as incineration and landfilling, rubber pyrolysis handles larger volumes, delivers better economics, and leaves a smaller environmental footprint—which is why it is widely regarded as the mainstream direction for scrap tire valorization. But traditional batch equipment has inherent weaknesses in control precision, feed/discharge sealing, and continuous operation, making it difficult to meet the demands of continuous production.

Niutech is a Chinese supplier of high-end continuous pyrolysis equipment, with nearly 40 years of R&D and application experience focused on pyrolysis technology. Targeting the harmless, reduced, and higher-value treatment of organic waste, the company independently developed its industrial continuous pyrolysis production line. Built on Niutech’s proprietary “process plus structure” design philosophy, the system was refined through repeated testing and systematic design of key pyrolysis parameters—heating temperature, heat-transfer area, thermal efficiency, working pressure, and residence time—integrated with tens of thousands of technical parameters accumulated in real projects. The result is long-term stable, continuous operation. Inside the line, scrap tires are converted into pyrolysis oil, recovered carbon black, steel wire, and non-condensable gas. The oil can serve as industrial fuel or be further refined into chemical feedstock; after refining, the recovered carbon black returns to tire and rubber manufacturing; and the steel wire goes back to steel mills to be remelted into recycled metal. The line requires no complex washing, sorting, drying, or fine shredding of the feedstock—one step delivers efficient pyrolysis under safe and environmentally sound conditions, with stable product quality and high recovery rates. It is a green recycling solution that meets environmental requirements across markets worldwide. Today, Niutech’s continuous pyrolysis equipment is already running in dozens of countries and regions — Germany, the UK, South Korea, Denmark, Brazil, and beyond — with demonstration projects at the ten-thousand-ton scale. The company’s proven solutions in organic solid waste now cover more than 30 waste streams. For companies building a tire recycling business, these operating projects are more convincing than any brochure — whether the equipment runs continuously and reliably is something customers can see on site. As circular economy policies take hold internationally and brands strengthen their commitments to recycled materials, the route of producing recycled materials with continuous tire pyrolysis systems will find an ever-growing market. As a high-end continuous pyrolysis equipment supplier, Niutech is ready for what comes next.