Tires

Research indicates that there are approximately 300 million tires annually produced in the United States and another 275 million in stockpiles.  Tires are being burned for tire derived fuel (TDF), which cause an emission problem.  They are also used for playground mulch, and athletic playing fields.  These are just a few solutions to address the tire problem, but they are not the answer! 

 

GRC

Global Resource Corporation has devoted over 3 years of laboratory experiments identifying a frequency that is most efficient for processing used or discarded tires.  GRC has developed a proof of concept machine (Patriot 1) that is capable of processing tires on a continuous basis.  An example of GRC's tire processing system:  For every 1 ton of tires processed in the GRC Patriot 1, there is 120 gallons of oil, 5000 cubic ft. of combustible gases, 200 pounds of reusable steel and 750 pounds of carbon ash produced which are all marketable commodities.