By acquiring an ownership share of Tire2Oil , DSV is engage a Brobdingnagian step towards environmentally responsible processing of cast away tyres . Oil , steel and carbon paper are extracted by thermally handle the Sur – without any harmful environmental impact at all .
More than 13 million t of tyres are scrapped every twelvemonth around the world , 3.4 million MT of which are scrapped in the EU . DSV alone quarrel 15,000 truck Sur a class , not to mention tyres handled at DSV ’s workshops for other parties .
“ We share responsibility for making sure that we dispose of tyres in an environmentally proper process , ” explain Søren Lund , Director , Equipment , DSV , where the recent acquisition of a share of Tire2Oil in Odsherred , Denmark , give DSV a leading role in the sphere of recycled tire .
Using pyrolysis , the Tyre are transformed into recyclable raw materials that can be sold on the world market : oil , brand - and atomic number 6 black which is primarily used as a colouring federal agent and to reinforce rubber and charge card .
The facility being constructed near Egebjerg in Odsherred is equipped with to the full - automatize reactor weft and emptying , ensure a continuous process and better working environment and greatly do good the environment in general . ab initio , the facility is intended to process 15 tonnes of Tyre every 24 hours .
No more pollution“The appendage produces no polluting residual products and the manufacturing plant does not emit smoke : there ’s just no stack , ” explains Søren Lund , contribute that the part of the gas which can not be condensed into crude can be used as fuel to heat the pyrolysis reactor and surrounding premiss . Thus , there are only limited vim cost of lock the facility .
Lars Boysen , CEO , Tire2Oil , already has a passel of " crude material " outside the manufactory in Odsherred , Denmark . In it ’s initial phase angle , the facility is intended to process 15 tonnes of tyres every 24 hours .
Eco - favorable solutionIn many countries , discarded tyres accumulate in nature areas and are used for incineration . The incineration yield contamination and utilises only a diminished amount of the energy that was used to invent the tyre . In Denmark – as in many other EU Member States – all scrap tyres are amass . rather of using the tyres for incineration , there has been a tradition of granulating the tyres into a rubber textile but the process used for this command a lot of vim . The granule are ordinarily used as fill on synthetic turf , typically football game pitches .
“ But it is not an eco - friendly appendage . The granules only last a few years before having to be supervene upon , and the worn - out granule are drive to an incineration facility , ” says Søren Lund , who expect the Odsherred manufacturing plant to finally be able to transform the granule into raw materials .
Aiming to spread out to the rest of EuropeSo far , the aim is to get the mill up and running with a single yield line before year end . The next goal is to treble the number of yield lines , follow by setting up or sell yield facility in the rest of Europe .
" We are now co - owners of a patented engineering science which could have a favourable impact on a significant environmental problem . At the same clock time , the establishment of extra European recycling plants will reduce transferral costs , ” says Søren Lund , who has already entered into agreements with car fixture shop and “ collectors ” on the delivery of throw out tyres .
Competitive parameterTyre recycling may not be DSV ’s core occupation but , according to Søren Lund , the finish was to combine a demand and a wish for environmental answerability with commercial-grade achiever .
“ Over the eld , we ’ve made a huge effort to reprocess trailers , but we ’ve never been able to notice a solution for how to recycle tyres . At the same clock time , we have increasing numbers game of environmentally mindful primal - write up customer , so it has been both a requirement and a competitory parameter for us to detect a satisfactory solution to the job , ” he tell , tally that DSV , together with Tire2Oil , is not only engage appropriate action at law in term of the surround , but is also entering a remunerative business .
“ Most environmental initiatives be money to implement , but there are also situations where environmental answerability can actually show a profits . This is exemplified when we fill trailer to maximum content . We pull through both infinite and fuel , which is also true here , ” he read .
Benefitting everyone“We’re both pleased and proud to have DSV unite our possession of Tire2Oil . This gives us a partner who is now interested in correct the trouble of processing discarded tyre , at the same prison term that DSV has the web and size to disseminate the concept to the rest of Europe . This will profit everyone involved , ” say Lars Boysen , CEO , Tire2Oil .
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