Upcycled carbon black from end-of-life tires. Over 1.5 billion end-of-life tires enter the global waste stream annually. This process upcycles end-of-life tires to produce carbon black and tire pyrolytic oil and gas, reducing oil use and carbon dioxide emissions. These carbon blacks are a sustainable, one-to-one replacement for ASTM furnace carbon blacks. The process consists of 5 stages: steel removal, carbonization, de-agglomeration, pelletizing, and drying. After steel removal, 40% of carbon black is taken from the tire, and the remaining 60% is converted to oil and gas to provide an energy source with negative emissions. Approximately 2.4 billion tires are produced annually, requiring 7.2 million tons of "furnace" carbon black produced from fossil fuels.
