Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for continuously recovering carbon black from a plurality of composites where each one of the composites comprises carbon black and polymers. The basic method of the invention comprises a heating step which is conducted in a reactor. In the method, it is necessary to prepare a series of mixtures of the composites, with each one of the series comprising a distribution of carbon black properties substantially similar to the other mixtures of the series. The composites may be fragmentized or comminuted into smaller pieces more suitable for pyrolysis and decomposition reactions in the reactor. In the reactor, the fragmentized mixtures are heated to a temperature sufficient to crack the polymers and to form a vaporizable constituent. The vaporizable constituents are removed from the reactor at first and second outlet ends whereby the amount of time the vaporized constituents are in the reactor is reduced.