This research paper examines the evolution of recycling in support of a circular economy. The research utilized a literature review of 1058 articles published on Scopus between 2001 and 2023. The analysis focused on the main topics of scientific journals, authors, research findings and keywords. The results are presented in the form of graphs outlining the relationships between the various links. This research shows a marked increase in publications on this topic from 2018 to 2023. From the selection made based on the keywords recycling, circular economy, tires, 24 relevant articles were obtained. The research was conducted in four stages, starting with data collection from journals and ending with data visualization. The main sub-sub topics covered in the literature review were circular economy, recycling, sustainable development, waste management, and sustainability. The trending research data is the processing of used waste into environmentally friendly products using several approaches ranging from raw material manufacturing processes, production processes, distribution, customers, consumables processing, reuse, recycling, for all products that can be reprocessed, including the LCA approach, laboratory simulations, mathematical models, TMM, and combining the two methods as appropriate to the case.