Tire and plastic pyrolysis: 6 local providers and 10 projects and clients in South Africa.
6 providers based here 10 projects & clients
Based in: Bethlehem, Free State
Project operator
South African developer planning a tire-and-plastic pyrolysis project for liquid fuels and recovered materials.
The company describes its objective and project concept; an installed plant is not claimed here.
Trident Fuels — South Africa
The company describes tire-pyrolysis operations and an expansion project; a current plant-level operating milestone is not confirmed.
Reported by the company / project
Based in: Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
Project operator
South African project developer proposing a Richards Bay facility for tire and plastic pyrolysis into industrial burner fuel.
The public website describes a planned facility, not confirmed commercial operation.
Mandini Reclaim — Johannesburg
Johannesburg, Gauteng
South African tire-pyrolysis facility producing oil, carbon material and recovered steel. Mandini reports long-running full-scale operations and a permanent air-emissions licence.
Reported by the company / project
Based in: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Project operator
South African tire-pyrolysis operator producing oil, recovered carbon material and steel, with full-scale operating experience.
AKBE Bethlehem pyrolysis project
Bethlehem, Free State
Company-described development concept for converting waste tires and plastics into liquid fuels and recovered materials. No installed plant or commercial start-up is claimed.
Reported by the company / project
Technology developer / licensor
Waste-to-energy systems including continuous-feed tire pyrolysis and plastic depolymerisation.
BluErth Richards Bay project
Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal
The developer proposes a Richards Bay pyrolysis facility for waste tires and plastics. Commercial construction or operation has not been confirmed.
Reported by the company / project
Based in: Great Brak River, Western Cape
Project operator
Developer of a thermal-depolymerisation project for waste tires and plastics.
Municipal records document approvals and the project concept in 2022; current operating status was not located.
Rooikat Recycling — Great Brak River
Great Brak River, Western Cape
A 2022 municipal record documents environmental and provisional air-emissions approvals for a thermal-depolymerisation project. A later public operating update was not located.
Institutional source
Project operator
Waste-tire recycler producing pyrolysis oils and recovered carbon materials.
A February 2024 supplier case reports installation, commissioning and initial stable production. The customer and city are not published, and no independent current-status confirmation was located.
Supplier-reported project
Supplier publishes customer feedback showing a waste-tire pyrolysis installation in operation.
Supplier-reported project
Three pyrolysis units for tires and plastics were shipped in March 2025. Installation was planned for the following month but has not been publicly confirmed.
Supplier-reported project
A supplier case reports two units installed and commissioned at a South African metal-smelting plant, where the resulting oil is used as on-site fuel. The public source does not identify the customer or city.
Supplier-reported project
Mandini Northern Cape expansion
Mandini describes a planned expansion into South Africa's Northern Cape mining region. Its public website presents projected employment, but does not confirm a specific site, construction start or commissioning.
Reported by the company / project
Pyrtherm develops turnkey tire and plastic pyrolysis projects worldwide, from feedstock evaluation to execution and commissioning.
Examples include Beston, Huayin, Henan DOING, Sihai Energy, APChemi, Goenvi, PetGas, IPEC, Pyrolysis-Ecoprom, FORTAN, Eco-Promservice, FABHIND, Ecomation, RESEM and Lummus, alongside developers such as ARCUS, BlueAlp, CIRCTEC, Pyrum, Enviro, Renovari, Plastic Energy, Pyrowave and enespa. Each provider appears only under its home country. Project cards are listed under the installation country without identifying the equipment supplier.
Documented city-level references include Florida, Mosquera, Cali and Malambo in Colombia; Boca del Río, Chihuahua, Cuautla and Monterrey in Mexico; Nizhnekamsk and Kstovo in Russia; Rainham in the United Kingdom; Frankfurt, Dillingen and Wesseling in Germany; Johannesburg in South Africa; Ratlam and Hisar in India; and other locations across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. The directory distinguishes reported installations from projects in construction or development. Each card identifies the available evidence and technical data.
No. It is an expanding directory of plastic and tire pyrolysis. Open Details & sources on a card for the supporting information. Unconfirmed feedstock, process, capacity and start dates are labelled explicitly. Supplier-reported references are identified as such; they are not independent verification.
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