Tire Recycling Foundation

The Tire Recycling Foundation has elected Bill Combs, senior vice president of sustainability at Penske, to its board of directors — a move that brings fleet operations and end-of-life tire management experience to the circular-tire industry body.

Combs leads sustainability strategy across Penske’s automotive, transportation and motorsports business units, with a focus on scaling and monitoring the organization’s environmental initiatives. He now joins a board working to strengthen markets for recycled tires through research, education and market development.

Why a Fleet Leader Matters

Fleets are among the largest generators of end-of-life tires, so their engagement carries real weight. Stephanie Mull, executive director of the Tire Recycling Foundation, said Combs brings a valuable combination of industry experience, operational perspective and an understanding of the role fleets can play in advancing tire circularity.

The appointment comes as the foundation expands its industry partnerships, adding the customer-side visibility that can help connect scrap-tire supply with higher-value recovery routes rather than disposal.

Learn More About End-of-Life Tire Circularity

• Advanced Tire Pyrolysis Technology
• Recovered Carbon Black Production
• Pyrolysis Oil Recovery
• What Is Pyrolysis?

Partner With The KleanTeam to Close the Fleet Tire Loop

Safe. Clean. Profitable. One Proven Partner.

Large fleets produce a steady stream of end-of-life tires — and every one of them can become recovered carbon black, pyrolysis oil and steel. Klean Industries provides the processing capacity that lets fleet operators and their partners turn that liability into a traceable, circular feedstock, backed by feasibility studies and turn-key project delivery.

Klean’s Key Advantages:

• ✅ Thirty-plus years engineering commercial tire and plastic pyrolysis plants.
• ✅ 3 recovered carbon black (rCB) plants built in India over the past 2 years.
• ✅ Signed LOI to deliver five more rCB plants in India.
• ✅ KBR added Klean’s proprietary TyreNova tire-pyrolysis technology to its IP portfolio.
• ✅ KleanLoop blockchain provides end-to-end scrap-tire feedstock traceability.

Ready to put your fleet’s end-of-life tires to work?

Speak with a Tire Recycling Expert at Klean Industries » GO.