Recycling Tires
Tires are made to last a long time and are almost indestructible, yet about a billion of them are discarded worldwide each year. Disposal typically involves shredding, burning or dumping in landfill, all of which can lead to health and environmental problems such as toxic fires, leaching of chemicals into the soil and creating breeding grounds for vermin and pests.
With the growing affordability and popularity of cars, especially in countries such as India and China, global demand for rubber far exceeds supply, making the need for an economical and environmentally friendly recycling solution, such as this, all the more critical
A much-needed new process of recycling old tires is being developed in Australia. The developers say the energy-efficient, economically viable method is environmentally responsible, and could result in 50 per cent more tires being recycled.
CSIRO and VR TEK are working together to create a new technique that will cut old tires into specific segments for reuse. Those segments are then used to produce high-quality rubber powders for making new rubber products. Even better, this new method enables tires to be recycled without metal contamination. Which has been one of the main deterrents for recycling tires.
The rubber powders could be used to produce new tires, elasto-polymer-based rubber products, industrial insulation, road pavement, industrial and domestic flooring or geo-textiles for retaining walls and embankments.
VR TEK managing director Michael Vainer says that “not only is there commercial potential for all these new products, but also, recycling rubber is a cheaper and more energy-efficient option than producing virgin materials.”
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