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Scrap Tires
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Scrap tire links and publications by topic:
- Business Development – Learn how to start a scrap tire business.
- Clean-ups – Learn how to start a scrap tire clean-up program.
- Fires – Learn how to prevent and manage scrap tire fires.
- General Resources – View general information about scrap tires.
- Grants/Funding – Learn about scrap tire project funding opportunities.
- Inventory – Learn where scrap tire piles are located in the border region.
- Maintenance and Safety – Learn how to improve the life of your vehicle's tires.
- Management – Learn about scrap tire management.
- Markets / Uses – Learn about current scrap tire markets, and innovative uses of scrap tires such as ground rubber and civil engineering applications.
- Prevention – Learn how to prevent tire pile dumping.
- Organizations – View links for international and domestic scrap tire organizations.
- State Programs – Learn about U.S. state scrap tire programs.
California | Arizona | New Mexico | Texas - Workgroup Contacts
Business Development
Writing Business Plans for Recycling Enterprises: Plastics, Glass, or Rubber (PDF) (EPA and the Association of Small Business Development Centers, January 1998, 208 pp, 2.8M) This guide describes the elements of formal, written business plans specific to recycling post-consumer plastics, glass, or rubber. The guide combines information on how to write a business plan, actual business plans that have been used to launch successful enterprises, and a resource directory.
Considerations for Starting a Scrap Tire Company 
(U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association) This document will serve as a blueprint guide to starting a company that will help put scrap tires to new uses. The guide was designed to assist individuals and companies along the U.S.-Mexico border that may be interested in starting or investing in the scrap tire business, but it can be applicable to entrepreneurs in other regions as well.
How do I Get Into The Tire/Rubber Recycling Business? (Scrap Tire News) Gain practical advice on beginning your own tire recycling business.
Presentation on Considerations for Starting a Scrap Tire Company (PDF) (23 pp, 173K - U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association) en Español (23 pp, 173K)
This presentation guides the viewer on how to start a scrap tire company.
Clean-ups
Scrap Tire Cleanup Guidebook (EPA, January 2006)
This publication discusses starting a clean-up program, working with contractors to clean up sites, and implementing prevention programs that will reduce scrap tire dumping. It brings together the experience of dozens of professionals in one resource designed to provide state and local officials with the information needed to effectively clean up scrap tire piles.
Fires
EPA's Tire Fires Web Site
Provides background information on tire fires in the U.S. and their impact on public health.
EPA's Emergency Response Program Tire Fire Poses Multiple Threats
Learn about the threats tire fires pose, tire fire readiness and response, community relations, and more.
Prevention and Management of Scrap Tire Fires (PDF) (Scrap Tire Management Council, March 2000, 37 pp, 90K)
This document provides recommendations on the prevention, planning and management of scrap tire fires.
Tire Piles Fires - Prevention, Response, Remediation (PDF) (California Integrated Waste Management Board, 89 pp, 2.7M)
This report provides information on fire prevention, tire fire response, fire fighting tactics, health and safety, environmental issues, and remediation.
Tire Fire Program (California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention)
A training program entitled "Rings of Fire - Tire Fire Prevention & Suppression" is provided on this website.
General Resources
EPA Scrap Tire Provides basic information, market information, laws/statues on scrap tires, innovative uses of scrap tires, frequently asked questions, and information on the RCC Scrap Tire Workgroup.
Recycler's World The Tire and Rubber Recycling Section of Recycler's World provides information on companies, associations, and publications related to the tire and rubber recycling industry. More detailed links to these resources can be found within each specific category.
Rubber Room The Tire and Rubber Recycling Section of Recycler's World provides information on companies, associations, and publications related to the tire and rubber recycling industry. More detailed links to these resources can be found within each specific category.
Scrap Tire News Scrap Tire News is a monthly publication devoted to providing news and information about tire and rubber recycling. The site also contains information on state scrap tire regulations and programs.
Resource Recycling Magazine This monthly periodical provides comprehensive information on post-consumer waste recovery efforts and recycling in the U.S. including scrap tires markets. Both hard copy and online subscriptions are available.
Scrap Tire and Rubber Users Directory (Recycling Research Institute, 2002) This comprehensive directory outlines the activities and services provided by companies servicing the tire and rubber recycling industry. Published and updated yearly, it features an exclusive Market Price Survey which provides current statistical market data and current market prices for materials such as crumb rubber, tire-derived fuel, and buffings.
Gaining Traction on Scrap Tires - U.S. and Mexico Work on Disposal Options (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Natural Outlook Spring-Summer 2007) An article on how scrap tires are being addressed in Texas/Mexico border.
Grants/Funding
EPA Scrap Tire Grants / Funding Webpage
Provides information on EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. Federal research funding is available for small business doing innovative research. However, EPA does not provide funding for businesses using established technologies.
EPA Border Waste Funding Mechanisms Provides links on border funding mechanisms.
Scrap Tire Disposal in the U.S.-Mexico Border and Sustainable Solutions in the context of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission Development Process (PDF) (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association, 28 pp, 425K)
This presentation by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission Development Process discusses the border's scrap tire issue and sustainable solutions to the problem.
Inventory
Border 2012: US-Mexico Border Scrap Tire Inventory Summary Report (PDF) (EPA, May 2007, 22 pp, 1.9M)
This report and accompanying map provide an inventory of the major known scrap tire piles found in the entire U.S.-Mexico border area. This information is helping the U.S. and Mexico determine the most effective and efficient ways to clean up and prevent scrap tire piles in the border area and identify possible markets for scrap tires.
Maintenance and Safety
Gaining Traction on Scrap Tires - U.S. and Mexico Work on Disposal Options (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association) Provides tire safety quizzes, a tire safety brochure, and more.
Regular Tire Maintenance Will Extend The Life Of Tires Factsheet (PDF) (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 1 pp, 25K)
This presentation by the Border Environment Cooperation Commission Development Process discusses the border's scrap tire issue and sustainable solutions to the problem.
Management
U.S.-Mexico Scrap Tire Integrated Management Initiative (PDF) (7 pp, 73K scanned) SEMARNAT (PDF) en Español 7 pp, 73K scanned)
Provides principles and actions necessary for the proper management of scrap tires in the U.S.-Mexico border region.
Markets / Uses
Magic Johnson Park, Los Angeles, California. Poured in-place rubber made from recycled scrap tires.
Innovative Uses for Scrap Tires
Learn about new uses for ground rubber and civil engineering and other innovative uses of scrap tires. Also learn about pryolysis.
Ground Rubber Applications
Learn about scrap tire ground rubber applications such as asphalt rubber, athletic and recreational applications, and more.
Civil Engineering Applications
Learn about innovative scrap tire civil engineering applications including subgrade fill and embankments, backfill for wall and bridge abutments, subgrade insulation for roads, landfills, septic system drain fields, and more.
Markets for Scrap Tires (PDF) (EPA, October 1991, 119 pp, 926K)
[Note: Since this report is several years old, some state contacts will be out-of-date] This report discusses the problems associated with scrap tires and identifies existing and potential source reduction and utilization methods that may be effective in solving the tire problem. Barriers to increased utilization and options for removing the barriers are identified and evaluated.
2005 Edition, Scrap Tire Markets in the United States (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association, November 2006)
This report is the most comprehensive compilation of U.S. scrap tire management status. It gives the status of the various scrap tire markets, discusses trends in scrap tire management, and gives the number of remaining scrap tire piles. The study also details some of the challenges facing future scrap tire clean up and market development.
Scrap Tire Markets (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association)
Provides facts and figures on scrap tire markets including related scrap tire industry links.
Processing Scrap Tires for Market Applications (PDF) (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association, 30 pp, 1.4M)
This presentation by Richard Colyar of Columbus McKinnon Corporation provides information on the stages of processing scrap tires for market applications.
Prevention
Illegal Dumping Prevention Guidebook (PDF) (EPA, March 1998, 33 pp, 1.1M) Presents the nature of the illegal dumping problem and summarize lessons learned from collaborative prevention projects across the United States.
Illegal Dumping Prevention Project (EPA Region 5) Provides overview of EPA's Region 5 Illegal Dumping Prevention Project which establishes partnerships to develop and implement strategies to combat illegal dumping.
Organizations
Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)
BIR is an international trade federation representing the world's recycling industry. This site contains information on the Basel Convention, an international agreement that affects the import and export of scrap materials and waste, including rubber and tires.
Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition
The Cement Kiln Recycling Coalition (CKRC) is a trade association which represents U.S. cement companies currently using waste-derived fuels, as well as those companies involved in the collection, processing, management, and marketing of such fuels for use in cement kilns.
Global Recycling Network
Provides a list of companies, associations and publications related to the tire and rubber recycling industry in general.
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)
ISRI is the trade association of the scrap processing and recycling industry. It represents 1,300 companies that process and use scrap commodities, including metals, paper, plastics, glass, rubber, and textiles.
North American Recycled Rubber Association
The North American Recycled Rubber Association was created to bring together the various stakeholders affiliated with the recycled rubber industry, including haulers, processors, manufacturers, distributors, dealers, government representatives, consultants, and members of other Associations or Councils.
Portland Cement Association
The Portland Cement Association represents cement companies in the United States and Canada. It conducts market development, engineering, research, education, and public affairs programs.
Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Technology Center (RACTC)
The center researches ways to advance the use of crumb rubber in paving applications. Headquartered in Los Angeles, this center has become a one-stop technical and educational clearinghouse for local California governmental agencies curious about using rubberized asphalt in road projects. The site contains detailed and extensive information on crumb rubber utilization in highway and road applications.
Rubber Division of American Chemical Society
The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society Inc. promotes efficient and environmentally appropriate systems for the life cycle of rubber products including tires. This Web site contains information on rubber recycling, technical meetings, and links to related topics.
Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA)
RMA is the national trade association for the elastomer products industry. Its members include companies that manufacture various elastomer products, including tires, hoses, belts, seals, molded and extruded goods, and other finished elastomer products.
Rubber Pavements Association
The Rubber Pavements Association is dedicated to encouraging greater usage of high quality, cost-effective asphalt pavements containing recycled tire rubber.
Tire Industry Association (TIA)
TIA is an international association representing all segments of the tire industry, including those that manufacture, repair, recycle, sell, service or use new or retreaded tires, and also those suppliers or individuals who furnish equipment, material or services to the industry.
Tire Retread Information Bureau (TRIB)
TRIB is a primary source for information about tire retreading and repairing. TRIB is a nonprofit, member supported industry association with international membership. Its goal is to provide the motoring public (both in the private and public sectors) with the most up-to-date information about the economic and environmental benefits of tire retreading and tire repairing.
State Programs
California | Arizona | New Mexico | Texas
State Scrap Tire Programs - A Quick Reference Guide: 1999 Update (PDF) (53 pp, 261K)
This publication summarizes U.S. State's scrap tire management legislation and
programs in a matrix for each State program. It is intended to provide State regulators, as well as
members of industry, with a quick reference on State scrap tire programs across the country.
Table of U.S. State Legislation of Scrap Tires (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association, August 2007)
Provides information on U.S. scrap tire disposal legislation including fees and market incentives.
California
California Integrated Waste Management Board Tire Management (California Integrated Waste Management Board)
Learn about how California manages it's tires including it's tire recycling, cleanup, and enforcement grant programs, rubberized asphalt concrete technology center, used and waste tire haulers program, waste tire facility permit program, waste tire facility storage program, used/waste tire manifest program, and waste tire enforcement program.
California Waste Stream Profiles: Tires (California Integrated Waste Management Board)
Provides jurisdiction-specific waste tire profiles and statewide waste tire data.
RMA California Scrap Tire Briefing Sheet (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association)
Provides California scrap tire state regulations, major markets, state contact and registered tire transporters.
California Scrap Tire Markets (PDF) (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association, September 2007, 15 pp, 43K)
This presentation by Terry Leveille provides an overview of California scrap tire generation, disposal, and end-use.
Tire Fire Program (California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention)
A training program entitled "Rings of Fire - Tire Fire Prevention & Suppression" is provided on this website.
Tire Piles Fires - Prevention, Response, Remediation (PDF) (California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, 89 pp, 2.7M)
A training program entitled "Rings of Fire - Tire Fire Prevention & Suppression" is provided on this website.
Texas
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Scrap Tires (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Provides information on scrap tire management, manifest, tire registration, and scrap tire recycling.
Registered Scrap Tire Facilities in Texas (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
A scrap tire registration database query for the state of Texas is provided on this webpage.
Tracking the Fate of Scrap Tires in Texas (PDF) (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, December 2006, 24 pp, 1.2M)
This TCEQ Report to the 80th Legislature provides information on Texas scrap tire management, facilities regulated, manifests, annual reports and an audit of the tire program and more.
Local Government Solutions for Scrap Tire Management (PDF) (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 24 pp, 1.7M)
This factsheet provides a list of innovative uses for scrap tires that Texas citizens have used.
Using Scrap Tire and Crumb Rubber (PDF) (Texas Department of Transportation, 50 pp, 4.8M)
A scrap tire registration database query for the state of Texas is provided on this webpage.
Texas Scrap Tire Briefing Sheet (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association)
Provides Texas scrap tire state regulations, major markets, state contact and registered tire transporters.
Scrap Tire Recycling (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Provides information on uses for whole tires and uses for shredded tires.
Gaining Traction on Scrap Tires - U.S. and Mexico Work on Disposal Options (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Natural Outlook Spring-Summer 2007)
An article on how scrap tires are being addressed in Texas/Mexico border.
New Mexico
New Mexico Environmental Department Tires
Provides the New Mexico Environmental Department scrap tire manifest form, New Mexico recycling, illegal dumping and scrap tire management rules, the scrap tire hauler registration form, and tire grants.
New Mexico Scrap Tire Briefing Sheet (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association)
Provides New Mexico scrap tire state regulations, major markets, state contact and registered tire transporters.
Arizona
Arizona Department Environmental Quality Waste Tires (Arizona Department Environmental Quality)
Topics include Arizona's waste tire collection facilities and sites, other waste tire sites, annual tire reports and related statues.
Arizona Scrap Tire Briefing Sheet (U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association)
Provides Arizona scrap tire state regulations, major markets, state contact and registered tire transporters.
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