I have heard that car, truck and bike tires are not recyclable. Is this true that there is no way to get anything out of them after they are discarded?
2006-11-01 05:51:40 · 7 answers · asked by flyingdebris1 3 in Environment
A variety of means exist for reusing scrap tire rubber, each with their own drawbacks and benefits.
Economists and engineers examining the issue have drawn up hierarchies of scrap tire management. Their rankings may vary slightly, and new information may change these rankings.
Presented here is the ranking outlined by chemical engineer Kurt Reschner on his web site on scrap tire recycling.
Scrap Tire Disposal and Recycling Methods Ranked by environmental and economic preference
1. Use PRODUCT for its originally intended purpose as long as possible
Design rubber compound and tire geometry for maximum durability. Keep tire properly inflated at all times to ensure maximum service life. Reuse partly worn tires. Regroove or retread tire casings
2. Use MATERIAL to make new products
Grind scrap tires into crumb rubber, separate steel and fiber. Sell rubber as raw material.
3. Use whole scrap tires for energy recovery
Burn whole scrap tires as fuel supplement in cement kilns.
4. Use mechanically processed tires for energy recovery
Tire chips added to coal as fuel supplement in power plants, paper mills, cement kilns, etc.
5. Alter the chemical structure of scrap tires and use the products for energy recovery
Pyrolysis, Supercritical Extraction.
6. Storage for possible recovery at a later time
Monofilling (Depositing tires or tire chips in a tires-only landfill or landfill cell).
7. Disposal without any current or future use
Landfilling.
2006-11-02 19:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by MTAWAMI 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How approximately.... The soles of running shoes? they are in a position to be floor up and used to make a greater working floor on an athletic field's working music. they could be recycled into new tires if somebody can confirm a thank you to "de-vulcanize" the rubber.
2016-11-26 22:08:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a whole bunch of applications. They incorporate them in to asphalt roads and they've found that doing this makes the roads last longer by allowing them to give a little. They are starting to make sidewalks out of them that are easier on people's feet and don't get cracked by tree roots. They create rubber mats out of them, etc. They can also be burned and used for electric or heat or energy production with the correct air filters to keep the gases produced from polluting the air.
2006-11-01 06:27:49 · answer #3 · answered by devilishblueyes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone is giving you the wrong information. Tires have been recycled for years and years.
2006-11-01 06:04:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are recyclable and are used in a great many applications
2006-11-01 06:00:14 · answer #5 · answered by norsmen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can be reused. Or if you hate them, you can just dump them or send it back to the manufacturer where they will revive that old tire for future uses.
2006-11-01 13:34:15 · answer #6 · answered by BMW M5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only use I have heard of is to shred them and use them as cushioning under playgrounds.
2006-11-01 06:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by kelsey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋