Rubber & Tyre Recycling Data Tables
The Rubber & Tyre Recycling data tables library brings together 63 structured reference tables for the Tyre Recycling business — feedstock properties, equipment specs, product yields, cost breakdowns, and regulatory checklists. Mechanical tyre recycling — shredding, crumb rubber, reclaim rubber, and modified bitumen end-uses. Use each table to size a plant, brief vendors, or sense-check the numbers on an opportunity you're evaluating. Open any table for the full data with how-to-read notes, key insights, and the methodology behind the figures.
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ABAP vs Batch Components — What Changes
A six-component comparison of the prohibited batch pyrolysis configuration against the mandated ABAP (semi-continuous) design, showing exactly what hardware and operating procedures must change to meet India's regulatory requirements.
Approvals and Registration Checklist by Project Stage
A ten-approval regulatory checklist for a tyre recycling plant in India — covering pre-construction permits, pre-operation consents, and ongoing annual and quarterly compliance obligations, with issuing authority and typical timelines.
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Comparison of End-of-Life Tire Management Methods
A six-metric comparison of four end-of-life tire management options — retreading, recycling (material recovery), energy recovery (Tire Derived Fuel), and landfilling — showing why recycling sits above energy recovery in the waste management hierarchy for tyres.
Conceptual Plant Layout — Zone Planning
A seven-zone conceptual plant layout for a tyre recycling facility — covering reception and sorting, pre-treatment, dirty and clean processing, storage, utilities, and administration — with the key functions and requirements for each zone.
CRMB buyer segments in India
Profiles four buyer segments in the Indian Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) market — NHAI contractors, state Public Works Departments, refinery direct offtake, and toll concessionaires — comparing order size, indicative price band, payment terms, and contract type.
CRMB Composition and Grade Performance
A three-tier table showing how rubber dosage in CRMB determines grade classification and performance — from field blend (minimal modification) through Non-HVB (highway wearing course) to High Viscosity Binder (HVB) for bridge decks and airports.
CRMB Grades — Dose, Performance Specs and Typical Applications
The three CRMB grades used in Indian road construction — Field Blend, Non-HVB, and High-Viscosity Binder — compared on rubber dose percentage, binder performance achieved, and the specific road construction applications each grade serves.
CRMB Plant Equipment Overview
A six-section equipment overview for a Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) plant — covering crumb rubber storage, heated bitumen tanks, high-shear blending vessel, reaction tank, quality control laboratory, and heated dispatch tankers.
CRMB vs Conventional VG-30 Bitumen — Performance Comparison
How Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) compares to conventional VG-30 bitumen across seven pavement performance properties — showing 1.5 to 2.5 times longer pavement life and 3 to 5 times longer fatigue life for CRMB.
CRMB wet process plant — 30 TPD capex breakdown
Six-line-item indicative capex breakdown for a 30 TPD Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) wet process plant at India 2025 prices, covering process equipment, storage, heating, civil works, tanker fleet, and electrical systems.
CRMB Wet Process Technologies Comparison
A four-system comparison of Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) wet process production technologies — McDonald Terminal Blending, SAM System, Continuous Blending, and Field Blend — covering rubber dose, temperature, particle size, reaction time, and key feature.
Crumb rubber mesh-band output from an ambient grinding line
Yield share, particle size range, primary application, and indicative price for the four mesh bands — coarse, mid-coarse, fine, and ultra-fine — that an ambient grinding line produces from waste tyres.
Crumb Rubber Physical Properties
Seven physical properties of crumb rubber that buyers verify on every purchase order — specific gravity, bulk density, particle shape, surface texture, moisture content, free metal content, and fibre content — with ASTM D5603 specifications.
Crumb Rubber Physical Specs by Source and Mesh
The physical properties that crumb rubber buyers test on every purchase order — specific gravity, bulk density, particle shape differences between ambient and cryogenic grinding, and the moisture, metal, and fibre purity limits.
Crumb Rubber Plant Equipment Overview
A nine-item equipment list for a crumb rubber production plant organised by functional section — from tyre handling and shredding through secondary grinding, steel and fibre separation, mesh classification, and bagging.
Crumb rubber specification sheet by mesh and grinding method
ASTM D5603 pass-or-fail specification limits for crumb rubber across four mesh bands — covering specific gravity, bulk density, moisture, free metal, and fibre content — the reference standard for batch certificate of analysis and offtake agreements.
CTE Annual Fee Structure
The SPCB annual consent fee formula and all its input components — scale factors that step down with plant size, pollution index factors by CPCB colour category, late-fee surcharges, and the 5% early-renewal discount.
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Discharge & Emission Standards — Compliance Targets for Tyre Pyrolysis
The 10 specific discharge and emission compliance targets that every tyre pyrolysis plant must maintain — covering water effluent, stack air, ambient air, and noise, with the monitoring method and penalty trigger for each parameter.
Distillation Column and Reboiler — Pricing
Indicative price ranges for distillation columns and reboilers used in tyre pyrolysis oil upgrading — covering the equipment that separates raw Tyre-derived Pyrolysis Oil (TPO) into light, diesel-range, and heavy oil fractions.
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Entity Role Comparison — Tyre Pyrolysis Ecosystem
A complete map of the seven entities in the tyre pyrolysis supply chain — showing each entity's core function, who they buy from, who they sell to, and their position in the EPR obligation structure.
Environmental Standards Reference for Tyre Recycling
The full set of environmental compliance limits a tyre recycling plant must stay within — covering effluent discharge parameters, stack emission ceilings, National Ambient Air Quality Standards for the surrounding area, and noise limits by zone.
EPR Certificate Mechanics for Tyre Pyrolysis Recyclers
A regulatory reference covering the Q-EPR formula, weightage factors for each recycled product, EPR Certificate price range, validity windows, and penalty escalation under India's Waste Tyre Extended Producer Responsibility rules.
EPR Credits — Generation, Transfer, and Surplus
A three-year trend showing EPR credit generation by tyre recyclers, credits transferred to tyre producers, and unsold credits — revealing rapidly growing generation capacity outpacing producer demand and creating a growing credit surplus in 2024-25.
EPR Revenue Scenarios and GST Treatment by End Product
EPR certificate revenue scenario comparison for 1,000 MT of waste tyre input, and the complete GST and HSN code reference for every input and output stream in a tyre recycling operation.
EPR Targets and End-Product Certificate Weightages
The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligation targets for tyre producers ramp up year by year to full coverage — and the certificate weightage multipliers show which end products generate the most EPR revenue per tonne processed.
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Gas Scrubber and Ball Mill — Pricing
Indicative price ranges for gas scrubbers and ball mills at three tyre pyrolysis plant capacity tiers — the gas scrubber cleans non-condensable gas before it enters the burner, and the ball mill grinds pyrolysis char into carbon black powder for sale.
Global Market Landscape for Recycled Tire Products
Market size, projected size, CAGR, primary end uses, and growth drivers for reclaimed rubber, crumb rubber, and Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) — the three commercial output families from waste tyre recycling.
Grinding Methods Comparison
A five-method comparison of tyre grinding technologies — mechanical ambient, cryogenic, wet grinding, micro-milling, and water jet — showing achievable particle size, temperature requirements, primary advantage, and primary limitation for each.
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Industrial Zone Requirements for Recycling Plants
Industrial zone requirements for four types of tyre recycling plant in India — showing which industrial zone classification (light, medium, or heavy) each plant type requires and the key regulatory reason for that classification.
IRC SP:53 specification sheet — CRMB 55 and CRMB 60
Eight-parameter IRC SP:53 pass-or-fail specification sheet for CRMB 55 and CRMB 60 grades, covering softening point, penetration, elastic recovery, flash point, viscosity, storage stability, loss on heating, and penetration retention after thin film oven test.
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Material Bulk Density for Storage Calculations
Bulk density values for five tyre-derived materials — whole tyres, shredded chips, crumb rubber, fine powder, and reclaimed rubber sheets — used to convert mass-based storage requirements into volume-based storage area calculations.
Material Composition by Tyre Type
Percentage breakdown of eight material components (rubber, carbon black, metals, textiles, zinc oxide, sulphur, additives, and carbon-based total) across three tyre categories — car/utility, truck/lorry, and OTR tyres.
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Physical and Chemical Properties of Waste Tires
Nine physical and chemical properties of waste tyres with their recycling significance — covering hardness, density, tensile strength, rubber content, steel content, textile fibres, carbon black, sulfur, and zinc oxide.
Physical Parameters Relevant to Pyrolysis
A four-parameter reference table for waste tyre physical properties relevant specifically to pyrolysis — covering hardness, density, tensile strength, and elongation — with the impact of each parameter on pyrolysis reactor design and operation.
Plant Area Requirements by Reactor Type
Minimum plot area requirements for tyre pyrolysis plants by reactor type — ABAP Batch reactors (3,000–4,000 m² base plus increments per additional reactor) and Continuous process plants (7,000 m² minimum for 60+ TPD scale).
Pyrolysis Influencing Factors and Their Effects
A process control reference table showing how six pyrolysis variables (temperature, time, pressure, particle size, heating rate, feedstock) should be set to maximise each of six target outputs — oil, gas, char, limonene, BTX aromatics, and high-quality char.
Pyrolysis Plant — Zone Area Allocation
A four-zone area allocation guide for a tyre pyrolysis plant layout — showing recommended percentage allocation of total plot area across processing, storage, administration, and movement/safety zones with key sub-areas.
Pyrolysis Reactor — Pricing by Capacity
Indicative price ranges for tyre pyrolysis reactors at four capacity configurations — 3–6 TPD ABAP semi-continuous, 8–12 TPD semi-continuous and continuous options, and 15–20+ TPD fully continuous — for capital planning.
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Reclaimed Rubber Plant Equipment Overview
A ten-item equipment list for a reclaimed rubber production plant organised by functional category — from feedstock pre-processing through devulcanisation, refining, and finishing — with key specifications for each item.
Reclaimed Rubber Product Specs by Source Tyre and Tier
The batch-level quality specifications that buyers test on every shipment of reclaimed rubber — covering composition, mechanical properties by source tyre type, processing behaviour, and contamination limits.
Recovered Carbon Black (rCB) — Application Areas
Five industry application areas for recovered carbon black (rCB) from tyre pyrolysis — covering rubber compounding, plastic pigmentation, paint tinting, construction additives, and activated carbon adsorbents — with the specific role rCB plays in each.
Recycler Density Categorisation by State
Indian states categorised into low (0–15 plants), medium (16–40 plants), and high density (41+ plants) for authorised tyre recycling plants — showing that 4 high-density states account for nearly 60% of all authorised plants nationally.
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Scaling Stages — Capacity and Investment Overview
A six-parameter scaling comparison for tyre recycling plants at pilot, commercial transition, and full-scale stages — covering capital investment, facility size, staffing, equipment type, annual output, and the strategic purpose of each stage.
Site Selection — Zonal Requirements
Seven mandatory site selection parameters for a tyre pyrolysis plant in India — industrial zone classification, habitation and water body setback distances, eco-sensitive zone buffers, road access requirements, green belt minimum, and fire access route.
State-wise Distribution of Authorised Tyre Recyclers
Rankings of India's top 8 states by number of authorised tyre recycling plants — Maharashtra leads with 82 plants (14.86% of national total), followed by Gujarat (77, 13.95%) and Haryana (54, 9.78%).
Steel Recovery — Upgrading Levels and Buyers
Three levels of steel cleaning from tyre pyrolysis — mechanical (90–95% purity), thermal kiln (97%), and chemical HCl treatment (98–99%) — with the upgrading process and target buyers at each purity tier.
Storage Tanks and Cooling Tower — Pricing
Indicative price ranges for TPO (Tyre-derived Pyrolysis Oil) storage tanks and cooling towers at three tyre pyrolysis plant capacity tiers — essential equipment for oil product storage and process cooling water management.
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Capex ranges by product tier — 10 TPD Indian plant
Indicative capital investment ranges for five 10 TPD plant configurations in Indian tyre rubber recycling, from a basic crumb-only ambient line through to a full reclaimed rubber devulcanisation plant, with separate Indian and import equipment totals.
Three product families: side-by-side comparison
A nine-row reference comparing every sub-grade across crumb rubber, Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB), and reclaimed rubber — covering output spec, buyer segment, plant investment tier, contract type, and indicative price range per kilogram.
Top 3 crumb rubber applications in India side-by-side
Side-by-side comparison of the three largest crumb rubber application families in India — civil and infrastructure, moulded products, and sports surfaces — showing mesh band, volume share, typical lot size, contract type, and contamination specification.
TPO Refined Oil Fractions
A three-fraction breakdown of Tyre-derived Pyrolysis Oil (TPO) after distillation — light gasoline-range, diesel-range middle, and heavy oil — with boiling range, characteristics, and commercial applications for each.
Types of Tires as Feedstock
A four-category reference table for waste tyre feedstock — automobile, off-road, specialty, and OTR (Off-The-Road) tyres — showing typical weight ranges, construction characteristics, and where each category is available in India.
Tyre Bead Separator and Shredder — Pricing
Indicative price ranges for tyre bead separators and shredders at three plant capacity tiers — 3–6 TPD (low), 8–12 TPD (mid), and 15–20+ TPD (high) — for capital planning in tyre recycling and pyrolysis projects.
Tyre Pyrolysis Implementation Timeline
A seven-phase roadmap from initial market research through to Consent to Operate, showing typical durations, which phases can run in parallel, and the output artifact that closes each phase — total end-to-end timeline is 12 to 18 months.
Tyre Recycling End Products — Cross-product Comparison
Side-by-side comparison of nine tyre recycling outputs across three product families — crumb rubber grades, CRMB road-bitumen blends, and reclaimed rubber tiers — showing mesh or dose, buyers, capex tier, and discount versus virgin for each.
Tyre Recycling — Forward Roadmap & KPI Matrix
Five strategic industry pillars for India's tyre recycling sector compared across today's state versus 2030 roadmap targets — showing where collection rates, EPR compliance, recycled-content uptake, recovered carbon black commercialisation, and regulatory harmonisation are headed.
Tyre Size and Weight Comparison
Physical dimensions (diameter and width in inches) and weight ranges for the three main tyre classes — passenger car, truck, and OTR (Off-The-Road) — used for shredder sizing, feedstock logistics planning, and storage calculations.
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