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Scrap Tire Facts & Figures
Number of scrap tires generated
annually (1996):
266 million
Approximate weight of these scrap
tires: 3.3 million tons
Tires as percent of total municipal
solid waste (1995): 1.8%
Number of scrap tires in stock piles:
800
million
Number of scrap tires going to a
market (1996): 202 million
Number of scrap tire processing
facilities: 498
Number of scrap tires used for fuel
(1996): 152.5 million
Number of facilities using tire-derived
fuel (1996): 102
Scrap tires used in civil engineering
applications (1996): 10 million
Number of scrap tires exported (1996):
15
million
Scrap tires processed into ground
rubber (1996): 12.5 million
Scrap tires punched/stamped into
new products (1996): 8 million
Number of scrap tires used in a
pyrolysis process (1996): 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
restrictions: 6
Number of states with a scrap tire
fee: 34
States that allow monofills: 4
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:
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purchase longer-tread life tires
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rotate tires every 4,000 miles
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check for/inflate tires to recommended
air pressure levels twice a month
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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
recycled tire rubber: 110 and counting
Fastest growing new markets: playground
cover, soil amendments, flooring/matting
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