Portfolio overview

Black Bear Carbon (Alumni)

Black Bear is a circular frontrunner which has developed a patented technology and process to upcycle tires into valuable carbon black (that’s the stuff that gives rubber its structure and makes everything in the world black: and that’s a lot of things).

Circular economy tech pioneer

Every year over 1.5 billion polluting end-of-life tires enter the global waste stream. Until now there has been no commercially viable and planetary sustainable solution: however, Black Bear is already harvesting and upcycling the carbon black from end-of-life tires to a quality level that exceeds that of the original product and the process is commercially viable without subsidies.

This Cradle-to-Cradle certified approach not only solves an important waste management problem but also massively reduces CO₂ emissions, preserving our planet and the environment. As an example, one Black Bear line saves more CO2 than one million trees can consume.