Enviro initiates detailed design stage of second Swedish plant

Stockholm – Scandinavian Enviro Systems (Enviro) has advanced its project to establish a second waste tire pyrolysis plant in Sweden, with the initiation of the detailed design stage.

At this stage, the company will produce detailed structural documents for central areas such as processing, electricity, automation and piping design, said Enviro in a statement.

The detailed design work follows the completion of the front-end engineering design (FEED) stage that was concluded before the summer, the tire recycler added.

Enviro said it has now employed a number of skilled workers in fields such as electrical engineering, automation, processing, finance and mechanical engineering to advance the detailed design stage.

In addition, the company has also contracted several consultants in areas such as piping calculations, piping design, 3D modelling, fire protection, quality, health, safety and environment.

Enviro said it also intended to intensify efforts in procurement and supplier selection during this stage.

As previously announced, Enviro aims to build a waste tire pyrolysis plant in the Lillesjö district of Uddevalla to process up to 60,000 tonnes per annum of end-of-life tires (ELTs), nearly half of Sweden’s total annual ELT volume.

In its update, Enviro said it was yet to finalise the investment decision, stating that this would depend on it securing access to ELT supplies and agreements covering deliveries of recovered materials.

If finalised, the company expects the new facility to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2023.

The project will be in addition to Enviro’s existing plant in Åsensbruk, Mellerud, which currently recycles 15ktpa of waste tires.

The move is part of Enviro's 'aggressive expansion plan' which was announced on 20 May.

As part of the plan, the Swedish recycler aims to establish up to four new facilities per year to ultimately build 30 plants by 2030. West Sweden and Central Europe have been identified as initial priority markets.

Enviro has developed a patented technology to recover carbon black, oil and steel from ELTs.