Spirit of Tyre Recycling Award

2025: Awards Categories

The Nominees for the 2025 Recircle Awards were announced in our Nominations Ceremony on January 20, 2025. Video highlights can be viewed immediately below and further down the page you can start voting for your chosen candidates.

Spirit of Tyre Recycling Award

In recognition of a particularly significant contribution by a medium sized or regional tyre recycler to the tyre recycling sector in 2024

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This category is not open to public vote. It will be decided solely by the Recircle Awards Nominations Committee

The Nominations Period is now closed and the 2025 Recircle Awards Nominees Shortlist will be announced on January the 22nd.

Nominees

Freeerecycle

Freeerecycle is Nigeria’s leading tyre recycling operation. Developed by Ifedolapo Runsewe, the business has grown from a small collection and basic recycling operation to a business with contracts to recycled tyres from the Port at Accra. Freeerecycle employs growing numbers of Nigerians in a growth industry that is continuously developing new ideas, new processes and which has ambitions to grow the Nigerian tyre recycling sector into a leading model for Africa. The importance of Freeerecycle cannot be underestimated, in a country where recycling is still to become the norm, Freeerecycle is taking a lead for others to follow.

Mathe Group

The Mathe Group is one of South Africa’s largest truck tyre recyclers. In partnership with Van Dyck, also managed by Dr Mehran Zarrebini, the company produces crumb rubber from truck tyres and uses the output to make insulation pads, flooring, and much more. Van Dyck exports Mathe’s products around the world and holds a growing share of the gymnastics flooring sector in Europe.

Pliteq Inc.

Pliteq Inc, is a developer of products from crumb rubber. Based in Ontario, the company has the latest technology in classifiers and moulding and rolling facilities. It creates crumb rubber sheets for insulation, as well as gymnastic flooring tiles, floor supports and more. Pliteq is an important player in North America and also has distribution in the UK and Europe.

Pretred Inc.

Pretred is a slightly unusual model for a recycling business. It currently focusses on one product:- crash barriers made from rubber crumb. The idea came when owner Eric Davis realised that there were tyres being dumped in his favourite fishing spot and he decided that there had to be something better to do with used tyres. The product he came up with was a range of rubber safety barriers for use as roadside protection, or access denial barriers at various venues. By focusing on the key market, Pretred is making waves in the USA.

PVP Triptis

PVP Triptis is one of Germany’s long standing mid-sized tyre recycling operations. A recycling business based in Triptis, which was established by the Madelung family and is now owned by Regupol. The company handles the entire process chain from granule manufacture to the finished end product. The company produces approx. 18,000 m. tonnes of rubber powder and granules annually. Products include PROTECTMAT (building protection), ACOUSTICMAT (noise control), SPORTMAT (sports and equestrian as well as artificial turf) and TRANSMAT (transport locking) are sold in the form of rolls, mats and moulded products worldwide. TPVP Triptis meets with the highest quality standards in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015, DIN EN ISO 14001:2015 and DIN EN ISO 50001:2018.

2025: Awards Categories

The Nominees for the 2025 Recircle Awards were announced in our Nominations Ceremony on January 20, 2025. Video highlights can be viewed immediately below and further down the page you can start voting for your chosen candidates.

Spirit of Tyre Recycling Award

Delivered by

Vote for a nominee

This category is not open to public vote. It will be decided solely by the Recircle Awards Nominations Committee

The Nominations Period is now closed and the 2025 Recircle Awards Nominees Shortlist will be announced on January the 22nd.

Nominees

Freeerecycle

Mathe Group

Pliteq Inc.

Pretred Inc.

PVP Triptis

Title and Media Partners

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