What to do with your tyres
Used tyres can be used in many different ways, here are just three.
- Used tyres for Retreading and Export
- Granulation for sports surfaces, children's play areas, equestrian applications and other uses
- Energy recovery for electricity and cement kilns
RMA - The Retread Manufacturers Association. Retreading is highly environmentally friendly and should be considered as the best practical environmental option for tyre recycling. Unlike other forms of tyre recycling or disposal, retreading does not simply defer the eventual disposal of the tyre, but actively contributes towards reducing the amount of tyres being used and hence saving valuable natural resources.
Every retread produced means one less new tyre, thereby minimising the number of new tyres produced annually, extending the life of the original product and saving substantially on resources such as oil - a passenger retread requires 4.5 gallons less oil than a new tyre. For a truck tyre this figure is 15 gallons.
The result is less tyres to be disposed of annually. At the end of their first, second or even third life retreaded tyres can then be used as a raw material for other forms of 'deferred disposal'. This is consistent with the Government's sustainable development policy.
Tyre Collection Services Ltd - A national waste tyre collection company.
TCS has been in the waste tyre collection business for over 16 years and currently processes more than 4 million waste tyres annually. Their entire operation is streamlined and co-ordinated from our head office in the West Midlands where the company provides a quick response to the ever increasing problem of used car, van, truck and agricultural casings.
Waste Tyre Solutions Ltd - Collection, recycling and disposal of tyres and automotive waste.
Bede House, St Cuthbert's Way, Aycliffe Industrial Park, Newton Aycliffe DL5 6DX
Telephone: 01325 379020
Fax: 01325 379036
Used Tyre Working Group provides a list of companies who dispose of used tyres.
Visit the Tyres-Online website for more information and a list of national and international recycling.
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