The Notch Blog

On January 27, Circtec held the opening ceremony for Phase 1 of its end-of-life tyre pyrolysis recycling facility at Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant is now in operation, recycling 50,000 tons of waste tyres per year into sustainable raw materials. The ceremony was attended by King Willem-Alexander, who officially commenced plant operations by feeding waste tyres into the recycling process himself. Other attendees included the Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister and Minist

Solvay today announced the inauguration of its new bio-circular silica facility at its plant in Livorno, Italy. The new unit produces highly dispersible silica (HDS) using bio-based sodium silicate derived from rice husk ash, an agricultural byproduct. According to Solvay, the process reduces CO₂ emissions by 35% per ton of silica compared to traditional methods and creates a local circular value chain that benefits the agricultural sector, industry and communities. Capacity

Cabot Corporation announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DUNLOP (Sumitomo Rubber Industries) to evaluate the commercial adoption of circular reinforcing carbons made with Cabot’s regenerated carbon technology. These materials are part of Cabot’s EVOLVE Sustainable Solutions and incorporate reclaimed carbon derived from the pyrolysis of end-of-life tires. Sumitomo is evaluating the circular reinforcing carbons as sustainable raw materials for it