Liberty Tire Recycling, Bolder Industries expand partnership

Liberty Tire Recycling, a tire recycling services provider headquartered in Pittsburgh, and Bolder Industries Inc., a circular solutions provider for rubber, plastics and petrochemical supply chains based in Boulder, Colorado, have expanded their North American partnership. The companies first announced a partnership in November 2021.

According to a news release from Bolder Industries, the partnership will provide Bolder Industries’ Terre Haute, Indiana, facility with feedstock. The company says that facility, which is in development, will process more than 3 million end-of-life tires per year once fully commissioned in 2023. The company says it expects the volume of tires processed at that facility could increase to more than 6 million end-of-life tires over the next two to four years due to projected increased demand for the company’s BolderBlack, a sustainable carbon black product, and BolderOil, a petrochemical product.

“We view this relationship as part of our commitment to provide a core infrastructure for end-of-life tires for our customers,” says Thomas Womble, CEO of Liberty Tire.

In addition, the two companies say they have come to an agreement to expand this partnership to new states, including Illinois, South Carolina, Maryland and Tennessee.

“The partnership with Bolder is valuable and meaningful, allowing us to meet our [environmental, social and governance] goals and strengthen our role as a major contributor to the circular economy,” says Amy Brackin, Liberty’s vice president of sustainability. “In terms of sustainability and environment stewardship, the benefits of this collaboration will extend to Liberty customers and the communities we serve across North America.”

“Cross-industry collaboration is critical to making the massive leaps needed to achieve our vision of transforming manufacturing sustainability worldwide,” says Tony Wibbeler, founder and CEO of Bolder Industries. “We’re thrilled to formally partner with our friends at Liberty Tire who share in our vision and are right there with us, doing the hard work it takes to shift a massive supply chain toward long-term sustainability that will have positive ripple effects for decades to come.”