Novel device to capture and reuse half a million tonnes of rubber dust created annually by commercial vehicle tyre wear for creation of a circular tyre economy

我们的愿景是通过重新利用目前造成空气和海洋污染、对人类健康产生有害影响的材料，将社会中使用的最具环境破坏性的资源之一——汽车轮胎——转变为循环经济。在这个项目中，The Tyre Collective将完成其新型轮胎橡胶捕获装置的三个关键部件的开发：清洁机构、储罐和动力配置。轮胎集体还将与轮胎热解专家亚特兰蒂斯炭黑公司和欧洲领先的制造商合作，将微细橡胶粉末转化为用于轮胎胎面的再颗粒橡胶。我们将共同努力，了解我们的高品质和无污染的粉状轮胎橡胶的可扩展性，可制造性和商业化再利用。该项目完成了整个生命周期：从轮胎源头捕获轮胎橡胶颗粒物质，进行材料表征，将材料质量与适当的再利用市场相匹配，并快速建立可扩展的和进入市场的路线。轮胎每年排放50万吨致癌、有毒的碳尘。加速向低碳运输的转变将直接增加轮胎的碳排放量。电动汽车和ulev更重，扭矩更高，轮胎磨损速度快30%。

Our vision is to transform the one of the most environmentally-damaging resources used in society, vehicle tyres, into a circular economy by reusing materials that currently cause air and ocean pollution, which have a detrimental impact on human health. In this project, The Tyre Collective will complete development of three critical components of their novel tyre rubber capture device: the cleaning mechanism, storage tank and power configuration. The Tyre Collective will also work with Atlantis Carbon Black, experts in tyre pyrolysis and Europe's leading manufacturer for turning micronized rubber powder into regranulated rubber for tyre treading. We will work together to understand the scalability, manufacturability and commercialisation for reuse of our high grade and uncontaminated powderized tyre rubber. This project completes the lifecycle: capturing tyre rubber particulate matter at tyre source, conducting materials characterisation, matching the material quality to appropriate reuse market and building scalable and route-to-market at speed. Tyres shed half-a-million tonnes of carcinogenic, toxic carbon dust every year. Accelerating the shift to low carbon transport will increase carbon emissions from tyres as a direct consequence. EVs and ULEVs are heavier and have higher torque, causing their tyres to wear down 30% faster.