Stockpiles
Stockpiles burn.
Seseña, Spain, 2016: 10 hectares of tyres on fire, 10,000 residents evacuated. Kuwait: 42 million tyres in the desert, recurring fires.
Tyre thermolysis · Material recovery
Engineering the next life of materials.
End-of-life tyres in. Oil, carbon black and gas out.
Continuous thermolysis.
InputEnd-of-life tyres
OutputsTPO · rCB · process gas
Second line · in developmentPE/PP waste → light, low-sulphur oil for crackers
Why LYSIUM
1.5 billion tyres reach end of life every year. Most are stockpiled, burned or exported.
1.5billion
End-of-life tyres per year. Over 17 Mt.
4billion +
Tyres in stockpiles and landfills worldwide.
Incineration
Value goes up in smoke.
Europe, 2019: 40% of end-of-life tyres used as fuel, mostly in cement kilns. 1.37 Mt of carbon, oil and steel, burned.
Export
The problem is shipped abroad.
India, 2023: 800,000 t imported, over 30% of global trade. 270 illegal pyrolysis plants shut down.
Sources: RSC Materials Advances 2025 (citing Moasas et al. and WBCSD) · AFP / phys.org · Khaleej Times · Recycling International (ETRMA data) · Finshots 2025
One tyre. Two scenarios.
Burned in a kiln.
Heatused once
CO₂emitted
Carbon blacklost
Oillost
Rubber: burned as fuel.
Recovered as raw materials.
TPO
refineries, chemicals, fuelsrCB
rubber and plasticsSteelback to steelmaking
Gasenergy for the plant
Rubber: recovered as oil and carbon.
Europe, 2019: 1.37 Mt of end-of-life tyres went to energy recovery. Source: Recycling International (ETRMA data)
How LYSIUM works
Received. Shredded. De-steeled. Continuous thermolysis. Separated into oil, carbon and gas.
01 / 07Concept visualisation
From tyre to resource.One continuous line. Tyres in, raw materials out.
LYSIUM Products
Two LYSIUM products today. A second line next.
One oil. Two routes.
Feedstock
For refineries and the chemical industry (co-processing).
Fuel component
Under Germany's GHG quota from 2027.
Traded commodity.Pyrolysis oil has published market prices since 2024, for cracker and refinery grades.Argus Media, Feb 2024
Value rises with every step.
Raw carbonfrom the reactor
Milled powdertechnical rubber, masterbatch
Pelletised, qualifiedtyres, high-grade rubber goods
Demand from tyre makers.Up to 1 Mt of rCB a year by 2030, estimated by Bridgestone and Michelin. Continental targets over 40% recycled and renewable materials by 2030.Tyrepress, 2022 · Tyretrade, Continental
In development
PE/PP oilSECOND LINE · FROM PLASTIC WASTELight, low-sulphur oil for crackers.
A second thermolysis reactor for polyolefin waste. The oil goes to steam crackers and back into new plastics.
Counts as plastic recycling.Under EU rules, new plastics made from oil of recycled plastic waste count as recycled content, allocated by mass balance. Oil burned as fuel does not count.S&P Global on EU decision, Feb 2026
Four ways to work with LYSIUM.
OfftakeBuyers of TPO and rCB
Steam-cracker operators, refineries, technical rubber, masterbatch.
FeedstockTyre and granulate suppliers
Reliable volumes of end-of-life tyres or granulate.
TechnologyEngineering partners
Milling, pelletising, gas treatment, plant construction.
CapitalInvestors and lenders
Project finance for the first plant and beyond.