Wastefront partners with Technip Industries for tire recycling plant

Wastefront AS, a waste tire recycling company based in Norway, and Technip Energies, a project management company based in Paris, have announced a partnership for the construction of Wastefront’s tire recycling facility in Sunderland, England. Technip Energies will oversee the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the £100 million (about $113 million) plant.

Wastefront says Technip Energies was selected following a competitive project analysis and execution pathway study phase. The construction phase will start in the second quarter of 2022 and be accompanied by Technip Energies until the plant’s start-up, expected in the first quarter of 2024. 

When fully commissioned, the Sunderland plant will have an annual processing capacity of 80,000 metric tons of end-of-life tires. 

“We are extremely pleased to support Wastefront in their development,” says Arnaud Pieton, CEO of Tecnip Energies. “This project, which leverages both our engineering and project management capabilities, will be led by our teams in the U.K.”

Wastefront and Technip Energies say they have agreed on a strategic partnership to deploy Wastefront projects worldwide. The Sunderland plant is being used as a blueprint for global replication.

Wastefront plans to build a global green industrial platform to recycle part of the 29 million metric tons of end-of-life tires produced annually into high-value products.

“Our mission is to solve complex environmental issues, through a solution that has demonstrated its full alignment with EU/U.K. taxonomy targets,” says Vianney Vales, CEO of Wastefront. “To succeed, a rigorous approach to project execution is key. Having Technip Energies, one of the most respected EPC companies in the world, endorse our approach and support our project is yet another step in our ambition to build a world scale green industrial platform.”

The company also teamed up with Vitol, an international oil trader, which will offtake Wastefront’s liquid products and an investor in the company.

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