MOL completes new tyre recycling plant in Hungary

MOL Group's rubber bitumen plant in the Hungarian county of Zala - an €8.5 million investment - has been completed. The facility, built in one year, has a capacity of 20,000 tonnes of rubber bitumen annually.

As well as recycling 8-10% of Hungarian domestic tyre waste, MOL says the new plant will contribute to the efficient operation of the Zala Site and to the preservation of over 100 jobs.

3,000 tonnes of rubber scrap per year is used to produce rubber bitumen through the recycling of about half a million used tyres, about 8-10% of the annual domestic tyre waste.

The new plant can produce about 96 tonnes of rubber bitumen per day, which translates into 20,000 tonnes of raw material annually for use in road construction.

In 2012, MOL opened a pilot plant for rubber bitumen with an annual capacity of 5,000 tonnes at its Zala site. In response to increased demand, the company began construction of a new plant in the spring of 2019.

"The 96 tonnes per day capacity is sufficient to meet the demand for bitumen for larger volumes of road construction works. What’s more, this amount also provides the possibility to exploit new business opportunities in surrounding countries," said Tibor Zsinkó, Vice President, MOL Hungary Downstream.

"MOL Group is aiming to establish itself as the market leader for recycling in Central and Eastern Europe, on the way to deliver on the company’s “Enter Tomorrow 2030” strategy, the completion of this new plant is another building block on our way,” he added.

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