Tire Recycling

Tires become totally unusable once they are torn and damaged. They then end up in taking up the space in our landfills which affects the environment and also results in climate change. They also become the home ground for mosquitoes and rodents which are responsible for carrying many diseases. 

One major risk associated with disposal of tires is pollution of underground water. Many people burn their tires which releases some toxic chemicals into the atmosphere which may affect the health of the people. You must have seen street kids playing with the tires making another perfect recipe for disaster. 

The best way to reduce the filling of tires in the landfills is to become involved in tire recycling. One of the major issue in tire recycling is the durability of tires as they are very hard to break down and therefore are seen lying in open space in large heaps.

With the market growing for recyling of tires, many companies are chipping in with the help of grants from the local and state governments and are finding some practical uses of putting that waste into some valuable uses. Recycling of tires involved taking in the old tire and converting them back into other type of products. 

It is estimated several millions tires from private as well as commercial vehicles are discarded every year. Earlier only a few percentages of tires were recycled bit with more companies coming in and help given by government bodies, about 80% of tires are recycled which prevents old tires from taking up the space in landfill sites. We, people also need to contribute our effort in making this environment clean so as to make this place a better place to live in for our future generations.

Various recycling methods exist for tire recycling. Tires are being used by number of companies by substituting fuels like wood, coal and natural gas which are consumed in utility boilers. Tires are also being used as fuel at wood and paper mills throughout the nation. Another process involves heating up the tire in a reactor unit under high temperature without oxygen. Once the vapor is formed it is sent to water cooled unit where it is condenses into a liquid fuel forming diesel and other fuel oils

The products that can be made from the old tires include Fuels, shower tiles, carpet padding, rubber roads, speed bumps and several more. The good thing about tire recycling is that it can be recycled again and again though the process is really a intensive one. The benefits include reducing landfills space, releases less toxic chemicals into the air, Prevent the spread of diseases which could occur by piling of the tires in the landfills sites.

Now today with almost every tire can be recycled there is no reason of piling of the tires building up at landfills sites. With new technologies coming in new cost effective methods are being produced to produce new tires from the old ones by reducing the amount of toxic chemicals in the air.