Ecolomondo Advances Sustainable Recycling with New Milling Line
Montreal, QC -- March 3, 2025 -- NewsGenie -- Ecolomondo Corporation (TSXV: ECM) (OTCQB: ECLMF), a Canadian innovator in sustainable scrap tire recycling, is nearing completion of its new milling line installation at the Hawkesbury TDP facility.
The company anticipates the installation to be complete by the third week of March 2025, followed by testing and commissioning with support from the equipment manufacturer. Production trials are projected to begin in April 2025.
The automated milling line will use HMI technology and is expected to process 2,200 lbs per hour of recovered carbon black (rCB) with a particle size distribution of 90% between 10-15 microns, meeting specifications required by most of the Hawkesbury plant’s rCB off-take customers. The processing capacity is expected to exceed the rCB production capacity at the plant.
"The successful commissioning of this new milling line will be transformational for the Company,” said Jean-François Labbé, Interim CEO.
Ecolomondo is also a finalist at the 2025 Recircle Awards for the Tire Pyrolysis Award, recognizing contributions to the Circular Economy. The winners will be announced on May 22, 2025, in Italy.
Ecolomondo's Thermal Decomposition technology (TDP) recovers high-value commodities from scrap tires, including rCB, oil, syngas, fiber, and steel. The Hawkesbury facility can process over 1.5M scrap tires annually, producing 4,500 MT of recovered carbon black, 5,400 MT of oil, 2,250 MT of steel, and processing 1,350 MT of process gas.
A larger Shamrock facility is projected to process 5 million tires per year, yielding 15,000 MT of rCB, 18,000 MT of oil, and 7,500 MT of steel. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2025, costing approximately US$93 million.
Ecolomondo aims to be a key player in the Circular Economy and a leading producer of recovered resources. The company holds an International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) for its Hawkesbury TDP facility.
The TDP process reduces GHG emissions by 90% compared to virgin carbon black production. The Hawkesbury and Shamrock facilities are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 15,000 and 45,000 tons per year, respectively.