Recovered Carbon Black Certification

ACE Laboratories and Abdallah Consulting have launched Vericarb, an independent certification program that verifies recovered carbon black against defined criteria for material quality and rubber performance.

A Credible Basis for Evaluating rCB

Announced September 18, 2026, the Vericarb program is jointly administered by ACE Laboratories — an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited polymer testing laboratory in Ravenna, Ohio — and Abdallah Consulting, an advisory firm focused on the tire pyrolysis industry. The program gives producers and buyers a consistent, credible basis for evaluating recovered carbon black.

Recovered carbon black is produced from end-of-life tires through tire pyrolysis and is increasingly positioned as an alternative to virgin carbon black in rubber and polymer applications. Growth of the material has been held back in part by uncertainty over quality and consistency.

Bridging Material Data and Rubber Performance

"The rCB market has enormous potential, but growth has been held back by uncertainty about material quality and consistency," said Erick Sharp, CEO of ACE Laboratories. Vericarb gives producers a way to demonstrate their product and provides buyers the independent data they need to move forward.

For Dave Abdallah, founder of Abdallah Consulting, the key barrier is clarity. "One key reason for the delayed growth of recovered carbon black is lack of product performance information in the customer’s language," he said. The program, Abdallah added, "solves the language issue by showing verified rCB in terms of rubber performance while simultaneously adding credibility via third-party analysis and reporting."

Testing Rooted in ASTM Standards

Certification combines independent material characterization with rubber performance data. Abdallah noted that ASTM standards remain critical to the process, with most testing following ASTM methods, while Vericarb translates those results into application-relevant performance information for compounders and manufacturers.

The launch has been reported across the industry trade press, including European Rubber Journal, Rubber News, Rubber World Magazine, and Tyre Trends, and is set to feature at the 2026 GPS rCB Symposium.

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Turn End-of-Life Tires Into Certified Recovered Carbon Black

Independent certification is set to accelerate the recovered carbon black market by giving buyers verified rubber-performance data. Producing rCB that meets rising quality standards starts with proven tire pyrolysis and disciplined material upgrading.

Klean Industries delivers complete waste-to-value systems for tire pyrolysis and recovered carbon black, helping operators convert end-of-life tires into a market-ready product.

Why Choose Klean Industries’ Tire Pyrolysis and rCB Systems?

✅ Proven tire pyrolysis technology through a KBR strategic alliance.
✅ End-to-end recovered carbon black production and upgrading.
✅ Feasibility studies to de-risk your rCB project.
✅ Support for a verifiable, market-ready carbon black product.

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