A New Use For Recycled Tires
by Jennifer Berry
Published on January 9th, 2009
11 Comments
Approximately 300 million used car and truck tires are generated in the U.S. each year, according to the Recycling Times. With at least 25 percent of scrap tires being landfilled each year, there is a constant need to find innovative ways to reuse them.
While some people reuse whole tires as building materials or as planters for trees and plants, PMGI/Productive Recycling has developed a new waste-tire technology called T-Blocks, which are made of old tires and concrete. Each block consumes 20 to 40 used tires.
“Scrap tires are not only a waste of valuable landfill space but a more serious waste of what is now a viable resource. To illustrate the magnitude of the used tire problem the governments, Solid Waste Management, reports indicate, there is one scrap tire produced for every three people in the United States,” said Gerald Harrington, Managing Director, of PMGI/Productive Recycling.
T-Blocks can be used for a number of construction purposes, including:
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T-Blocks can be used for a number of purposes, including erosion control. - ProductiveRecycling.com
Soil erosion control and slope protection
- Wetlands reconstruction
- Flood control
- Dike and levee construction
- Sub-foundation stabilizers, especially where vibration is a factor
Through their “Tire Recycling Cooperative of America” program, members act as producers, collecting, fabricating and delivering T-Blocks, as a mobile processing machine prepares the tires onsite for re-manufacturing. A basic operational system can process about 1,000 scrap-tires daily, turning them into usable resources.
So What Does That Mean For You?
Even though the general public cannot directly recycle their tires into T-Blocks, by simply recycling old tires, you provide materials for innovative uses such as the method developed by PMGI/Productive Recycling.
“We see our process to provide a value to the community in which they [consumers] live. This is through the reduction of scrap-tire stockpiles therefore reducing insect and rodent habitat and the fire hazard,” said Harrington.
- "Common Wastes & Materials - Tires" U.S. Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/tires/basic.htm#disposal.
- (01/07/2008). "Using old tires as a building material?" Recycling Times http://www.recyclingtimes.com/.
tara
posted on January 10th, 2009 at 10:35 am
my husband has a auto shop and we are wanting to despose of old tires to a recycling plant any close to Pensacola Fl
padro
posted on February 10th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I would like to start selling used tires to a recycling company, is there any recycling companies in, or near Spartanburg S.C..
Winston Able
posted on March 3rd, 2009 at 5:09 am
I’m looking to despose about 20,000 thousand tires, please e-mail me.
Casey
posted on March 13th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Hi,
We’ve recently retired to Rayville, Louisiana. It is a very depressed rural area. We need employment and industry here badly. Land is cheap and plentiful. There is a large unemployed population for potential labor and we have a major east/west interstate, Interstate 20 within 5 miles.
Local governments would offer substantial incentives to businesses locating here.
Could you please forward some information on recycling centers and/or tire recycling plants that might be suitable for our area?
Thank you
severo ruiz
posted on April 2nd, 2009 at 12:18 pm
i opened my own tire shop in San Angelo, TX. I would like to sell my used tire to recycling company rather paying a disposal fee. if you know one with in 100 miles range please e-mail me.
Thomas vo
posted on May 10th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Hi , Winston Able .
We would like to buy all of your csrap tires ( 20,000) .
Email to me and let we know . How we can clear your yard .
Sincerely
Thomas Vo
Viktor
posted on June 23rd, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Hi. I developed and patented technology for processing of tires in the road surface without crushing tire crumbs. The road surface is flat, square, without any joints. The best way is applicable to the crossing between the rails. You do not need expensive equipment and a lot of space. Process can be any number of tires.
I live in Ukraine and seeking co-sponsors for the patenting and introduction of technology in the world.
Regards Victor. I ask for forgiveness for any mistakes in the text, using an interpreter.
sajanari@meta.ua
Towing
posted on November 19th, 2009 at 6:41 am
Hello, I am looking at getting a tire shredding machine and was wondering where a person can sell the shredder rubber to. I am located in South Dakota. please e-mail racing_58@hotmail.com with any info.
thank you
Reyes Luna
posted on December 6th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Hi, my family own a few tire shops here in San Diego CA…we get 10 to 20,000 tires a month or maybe more. were looking into buying a tire shredder.. but before we do i wanted to get some more info on who might buy the final product..we like the idea of recycling. can someone point us in the right direction ..please email me ..thank you and god bless. (devour86@yahoo.com)
Jon
posted on January 16th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Hi, I have started a trash hauling and dumpster service. My customers have tires that they need to dispose of. I would like to be able to take their tires, but I do not have a place to dispose of them. Is there a company close to Wilmington, OH that will take them?
tires arr us
posted on January 16th, 2010 at 7:44 pm
we are a whole used scrap tire recycling outfit.we have car and light truck tires all size .looking for sameone to take tham.and we do do recycling pick up as well. e-mail us at tiresarrus@gmail.comThank you mike .