|
Scrap Tire Facts & Figures
Number of scrap tires
generated annually (1998): 270 million
Approximate weight of these
scrap tires: 3.4 million tons
Percentage of total solid wastes
generated: (1998): 1.8%
Number of scrap tires in stock
piles: 500 million
Number of scrap tires going
to a market (1998): 177.5 million
Number of scrap tires processing
facilities: 498
Number of scrap tires used for
fuel (1998): 114 million
Number of facilities using tire-derived
fuel (1998): 72
Scrap tires used in civil engineering
applications (1998): 20 million
Number of scrap tires exported
(1998): 15 million
Scrap tires processed into ground
rubber (1998): 15 milllion
Scrap tires punched/stamped
into new products (1998): 8 million
Number of scrap tires used in
a pyrolysis process (1998): 0
Number of states with scrap
tires legislation/regulations: 48
Btu's per pound of scrap tire
rubber: 15,000
Average weight of a passenger
car scrap tire: 20 pounds
Number of states that ban whole
tires from landfills: 35
Number of states that ban all
scrap tires from landfills: 8
Number of states with no landfill
restricts: 6
Number of States with a fee:
30
States that allow Monofills:
6
Percentage of scrap tires that
are passenger car tires: 84
Percentage of scrap tires that
are from light and heavy trucks: 15
Heavy equipment, aircraft and
off-road tires: 1
Range of weight for truck tires:
40
pounds to 10,000 pounds
Amount of steel in a steel belted
radial passenger car tires: 2.5 pounds
Oil (equivalency) in a passenger
car tire: 7 gallons
Best ways to reduce the number
of scrap tires generated:
1. Purchase longer-tread
life tires
2. Rotate tires every 4,000
miles
3. Check for/inflate tires to
recommended air pressure levels twice a month
4. Balance tires when rotating
them
Number of passenger car tires to
equal one ton: 100
Specific gravity of tire rubber:
1.15
Number of polymers (rubber)
used in tire construction: 3-4
Number of new products that
contain recyclable tire rubber: 110 and counting
Fastest growing new markets:
playground cover, soil amendments, flooring/matting
|
|