Alberta Emerald Foundation celebrates environmental excellence by showcasing nearly 400 recipients and 900 finalists who are raising the bar in addressing environmental and climate change issues. Circular Rubber has made the “Business” shortlist.
A Linear Problem
Mass disposal of natural rubber, a scarce resource.
20 million tonne of virgin rubber is used annually to make new tires while 1 million tonne of mining tires reach their end
Typically, EOL tires are buried on the mine sites, causing operational challenges, environmental concerns, and safety hazards.
Results in heavy metals and carcinogenic chemical leaching and can cause uncontrollable fires.
A Circular Solution
Circular Rubber enables infinite reuse of the world's rubber.
Highest Quality Reclaim Product
Circular Rubber enables the reuse of rubber polymers in high grade applications and high performance products without adding chemicals to the original composition.
Cleanest Process
CRT has the cleanest and purest devulcanization process at a fraction of the cost and with a 80% lower CO2e footprint than virgin rubbers.
Tire for Tire
CRT works with several global tire manufacturers providing a sustainable alternative to virgin natural rubber so they can meet their sustainability goals, reduce GHG emissions and increase their % of circular material use.
Sustainable Prosperity
Pending B Corp Certified, CRT is committed to using business as a force for good and believes in leaving the world, its communities and facilities better than when found.
Innovation
CRT provides mining companies with a traceable and full service solution to one of their largest waste streams. Circular partners & suppliers are required to adhere to environmental and ethical standards.
Regenerative Impact
CRT strives for regenerative impact and is on track to have the first “Factory as a Forest” facility operational in 2023 in Northern Alberta and scale towards global operations soon after that.
Impact Model
CRT business model is a true impact model: the more tires that flow through our process the more revenue we generate AND the more CO2 emissions we save.
Purpose
Waste to Value
Vision
Circular Rubber strives for infinite reuse of the world’s rubber
Mission
CRT positively impacts the world by repurposing rubber waste, time and time again, to be used in new high performance rubber products.
2023 Annual Impact Report
Download (PDF)Circular Rubber Team and Board
Paul Tournier
CEO
>20 years Management Consultancy | Logistics Expertise
Bram van den Berg
COO/CFO
>20 years Complex Logistics | Operations | Finance
Maartje van der Sande
CTO
>15 years Capital Project Management | Technology Deployment
Shauna Leblond
CIO
>20 years PMO Experience | Complex and Capital Intensive Projects
Marc Beeldsnijder
Sales
>20 years Rubber Reclaim Development & Sales
Raahem Sheikh
Project Engineer, E.I.T.
Chemical/Energy Engineering Background with LCA Modeling Experience
Kelsi Lix
Research and Development Scientist
Remy Rousch
Technical Adviser
>20 years Rubber Devulcanization and Chemical Industry Expertise
Sonja Mann
Financial Analyst
Debora Bielecki
Board Chair
Frans Tjallingii
Board Member
In the News
Finalists Announced for Foresight’s 2024 BC Cleantech Awards
Foresight Canada announces Circular Rubber as one of the “Scaling Venture of the Year (Group)” finalists.
New award-nominated environmental process to make new tires out of old is being trialed in Red Deer
Circular Rubber is in the process of developing $16 million plant in Queen’s Industrial Park
Circular Rubber is one of the BC Cleantech finalists in the category Start Up of the year
CRT is one of the 2023 BC Cleantech Awards finalists in the “Startup of the Year” category: An emerging cleantech venture actively growing and already creating impact in their field.
Reclaiming mining tires could lead to $45 billion market opportunity
Circular Rubber Technologies (CRT) has developed a chemical-free devulcanization process that transforms one of the mining industry’s largest waste streams into a new valuable material. Their Rubber Reclaim product will be used to create new tires, significantly reducing the amount of virgin rubber demand and rubber ending up in landfills.
Alberta announces $58 million for circular economy projects worth $528 million in public and private investment
EDMONTON, AB – The Government of Alberta is advancing the province’s global leadership in the circular economy by committing $58 million through Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) to projects across the province worth $528 million. All funding is sourced from the province’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund.
Make the World Better Magazine, Issue 03
Make The World Better Magazine shares the incredible stories of individuals and organizations who are making the world better. This issue focuses on the circular economy, a game-changing model of production and consumption, featuring organizations that are running circles around those slow to adapt. Read on for more inspiration and to find out how you can support these initiatives.
Cleantech Forward with Investors and Maartje van der Sande
On the Cleantech Forward Podcast, Circular Rubber Technologies CEO Maartje van der Sande pitches her tire recycling innovation to our panel of expert investors.
CRT Achieved Pending B-Corp Status
Circular Rubber Technologies Inc. (CRT) Today announced that it has achieved pending B-Corp status, a significant step that reinforces the intent of the CRT founders and team to be an impact business. From its inception in 2019, CRT has set out to have a positive impact on climate and societal issues.
Let's Change the World Together
Circular Rubber strives for infinite reuse of the world’s rubber. Contact us to find out how you can become part of this exciting journey towards a circular future for the rubber industry.