Tyre Pyrolysis Plant

On 27 January 2026, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands officially opened the new Circtec chemical recycling facility at the Delfzijl chemical cluster, commissioning the first phase of Europe’s largest tyre pyrolysis plant.

Europe’s Largest Tyre Pyrolysis Plant

The Delfzijl site can process 50,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres every year, making it the largest and most advanced plant in Europe for the chemical recycling of used tyres. It runs on Circtec’s proprietary CIFR pyrolysis technology, which heats shredded tyre material in a low-oxygen environment to break the polymer down into recoverable circular materials instead of sending it to landfill or incineration. Rather than relying on energy recovery alone, the process recovers materials for a second life — a circular-economy model Klean Industries applies across its solid waste and waste-to-value projects. Klean builds comparable tire pyrolysis facilities that convert end-of-life tyres into marketable outputs.

The reclaimed slate spans a sustainable marine fuel marketed as HUPA, circular naphtha for plastics and chemicals, a pyrolysis oil feedstock, and a high-quality recovered carbon black suited to new tyre, rubber and plastics manufacturing.

Phase 2 Scaling And Offtake

Construction of Phase 2 is due to begin later this year, lifting the modular plant’s capacity to 200,000 tonnes annually — roughly 6% of Europe’s total waste tyre volume. An ISO-standard life cycle assessment indicates the fully scaled plant could cut greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to about 3% of the Netherlands’ chemical-industry emissions.

Offtake is already committed, with Birla Carbon set to take the recovered carbon black output and bp purchasing the plant’s fuels and chemical feedstocks. The project is backed by a €150 million investment from Novo Holdings and A.P. Moller Holding, and the phased build lets the operator prove economics at 50,000 tonnes before committing to the full 200,000-tonne scale.

What This Signals For The Sector

The opening signals that tyre pyrolysis has moved from pilot promise into bankable, industrial-scale infrastructure. It strengthens the case for recovered carbon black and tyre pyrolysis oil as dependable circular feedstocks in modern manufacturing, and it is exactly the kind of development that makes a feasibility study the natural first step for operators evaluating their own plant. It also confirms that recovered carbon black and tyre pyrolysis oil can clear the quality bar demanded by strict industrial partners.

Learn More:

• Tire Pyrolysis Projects
• Recovered Carbon Black
• What Is Recovered Carbon Black?
• Pyrolysis rCB Plant Cost
• Feasibility Studies

Plan Your Tyre Pyrolysis Plant Today

A commercial tyre pyrolysis plant is a capital-intensive build, and the decisions you make on technology, feedstock and offtake before breaking ground define the project’s economics for decades.

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