Chemical recycler Plastic Energy claims to have created a viable product from char left behind in its usual process.
The London firm said the new substance, to be named Tacfiller, offered a “circular alternative” to carbon black in rubber manufacturing.
It is created from char, a by-product of the company’s chemical recycling process.
Plastic Energy said Tacfiller could help rubber firms meet recycled-content targets and slash emissions.
Chief executive Ian Temperton said: “Carbon black is energy intensive, and the rubber industry needs alternatives.
“Our technology allows us to reduce plastic waste sent to incineration and landfill by finding sustainable uses for it in the manufacture of new plastic and now rubber.
“We are offering a pioneering product that is both better for the environment and commercially viable.”
Tacfiller is derived from Plastic Energy’s chemical recycling process, which converts post-consumer plastic waste into Tacoiltm, a feedstock used in the production of new plastics.
