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WIREPAK
 Recycling
of scrap tire has matured significantly in the last 5 years.
Stockpiles of used tires have now been reduced as technologies
for processing tires has developed. One of the growing uses
for the rubber from tires is a raw material for other products.
Recyclers chop the tire into fines bits and separate the components
of the tire into crumb rubber, tire wire and polyester.
At present most recyclers are forced to landfill the tangle
"hairball" mass of tire wire that results when used
tires are recycled and the "crumb" rubber is removed.
The EKO WIREPAK is designed to cost effectively process the
tangled tire wire by-product and convert it into a compacted
block of wire which is acceptable as feed stock to steel mills.
Preliminary testing has produced tire wire blocks that have
been deemed acceptable by steel mill operators. A prototype
machine is now in the design and development stage.
| SCRAP
TIRE FACTS |
| Scrap tire produced annually
in USA: |
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281 million |
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Present use: |
| Used as fuel |
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41% |
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115 million
(146 facilities) |
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| Civil engineering (reefs,
bumpers etc) |
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14% |
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40 million |
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| Ground Rubber |
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12% |
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33 million |
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| Landfill |
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10% |
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28 million |
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| Export |
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5% |
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14 million |
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| Punched/Stamped into new products |
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2.8% |
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8 million |
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| Misc |
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3% |
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7 million |
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| Unknown |
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13% |
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36 million |
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| Number stored/stockpiled |
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300 million |
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| Tire
Characteristics |
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Tire Type |
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Weight
New |
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%
Steel |
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Scrap
tire weight |
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%
of total scrap tires |
| Passenger |
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25 lbs. |
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14-15% |
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20 lbs. |
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84% |
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| Light truck |
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35 lbs. |
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14-15% |
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28 lbs. est |
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14% |
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| Heavy truck** |
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120 lbs. |
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14-15% |
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28 lbs. |
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With light truck |
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| Light equip. |
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14-15% |
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1% |
Passenger tire has
approximately 2.5 pounds of steel.
** A high percentage of truck tires are re-treaded. |
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