Scrap Tire Disposal and Recycling

 Per the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Bureau of Waste Management - which manages the hazardous, municipal, and residual waste and recycling programs statewide - the use or continued use of one's land or another's land as a waste processing, storage, treatment, or disposal area without a permit is unlawful.   

Clearing your business or property of tires is great.  But what does Tire Disposal Services (TDS) do with these tires?  TDS contracts with permitted facilities that recycles scrap tires legally and safely.    

• 70% of tires are used in a Tire Diverted Fuel (TDF) process 
• 30% of tires are fed into recycling streams by ways of shredding (such as road surface, running tracks, low priority tires, and other rubber products) 

Each month, TDS handles anywhere from 50 to 2500 tires per account.  Whether it be a one-time clean up or an on-going regular customer, TDS is committed to proper tire disposal and recycling!

CHECK OUT THE DE-RIMMING PROCESS

Tires are injected into the kiln at the site where it reads 1000F.  As the kiln turns, one or more whole tires can be injected into the rotating kiln.  The tires keep up the heat by substituting as a fuel.  Tires on their own can burn at 1800o F and can replace up to 33% of the kiln’s fuel.  The entire process is automated and car and truck tires are fully consumed.  Tires also burn cleaner and supply more BTU’s than fossil fuels.  Cement companies charge a (tipping) fee to recycle tires into a usable fuel source.  This is a great benefit to the environment, helping with a problematic waste.  It is also a good venue for disposing of tires for our customers.  This process eliminates liability to us and our customers by eliminating tires completely.