01-01-2013, 04:27 PM
Scrap Tires
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Scrap Tire Utilization
One scrap tire is generated per year per person in the USA
Similar expectation in all developed countries
Approx. 80% of scrap tires generated annually are recovered
Remainder is land-filled or dumped
Current market for scrap tires in a shredded form (tire chips)
Fuel (cement kilns, stationary power plants) – Btu value similar to coal
Raw material for crumb rubber for finished products such as doormats
Embankments, playground cover
More shred is currently produced than is consumed
Shred is therefore provided at a very low price
Frequently given away because of the lack of market
Recovery of Raw Materials
Many failed attempts over second-half 20th century
Incomplete process and product development
Low commercial development experience
Inability to develop customers before plant investment
Poor funding
Several efforts underway (driven by spike in fuel oil price)
No historical success in bringing the recovered carbon black to market
Active Recovery Efforts
Long list of failures and shuttered facilities
Titan Technologies, Inc. - founded in 1990; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Three plants in Asia are not believed to be operational due to poor economic conditions & competition for tires as a fuel source
Titan claims to have six plants in planning or construction; four along the US-Mexico border, one in Texas, and one in Columbus Ohio.
Status of these ventures is largely unknown and unverifiable
Earthfirst Technologies, Inc. – founded in 1997; Mobile, Alabama
Public Company: currently reports inability to sell the carbon black material recovered from their process
Licenses technology – no known sales
Active Recovery Efforts
Long list of failures and shuttered facilities
Titan Technologies, Inc. - founded in 1990; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Three plants in Asia are not believed to be operational due to poor economic conditions & competition for tires as a fuel source
Titan claims to have six plants in planning or construction; four along the US-Mexico border, one in Texas, and one in Columbus Ohio.
Status of these ventures is largely unknown and unverifiable
Earthfirst Technologies, Inc. – founded in 1997; Mobile, Alabama
Public Company: currently reports inability to sell the carbon black material recovered from their process
Licenses technology – no known sales