How does Used Tires.com collect scrap tires from customers?

UsedTires.com provides a complete service profile of collection options, including backdoor pickup, drop-and-hook pickup, and drop-off sites. Our TRUCK Box vans visit customer sites directly, removing scrap tires by hand on a periodic basis, or Usedtires.com ; leaves a bulk trailer for customers to fill at their convenience and takes the load away when full. Also, tire deliveries are accepted at any UsedTires.com facility.

At the end of 2010, the U.S. generated approximately 290 million scrap tires. Historically, these scrap tires took up space in landfills or provided breeding grounds for mosquitoes and rodents when stockpiled or illegally dumped. Fortunately, markets now exist for 80.4% of these scrap tires up from 17% in 1990. These markets, both recycling and beneficial use, continue to grow. The remaining scrap tires are still stockpiled or put in a landfill. However, in 2007 markets for scrap tires were consuming 233 million, or

80.4 %, of the 290 million annually generated scrap tires.

Aside from selling Quality Used Tires worldwide, the highest form of Tire Recycling, Usedtires.com processes millions of scrap tires for Tire Derived Fuel.

• 130 million (44.7%) are used as Tire Derived Fuel.
• 56 million (19.4%) are recycled or used in civil engineering projects.
• About 27 million scrap tires (9.3%) are estimated to be disposed of in landfills or mono-fills.
• 18 million (7.8%) are converted into ground rubber and recycled into products.
• Another 16.5 million scrap (7.7%) tires are retreaded. After any retreading has been performed, 290 million scrap tires are generated.
• 12 million (4.3%) are converted into ground rubber and used in rubber-modified asphalt.
• 9 million (3.1%) are exported as used tires.
• 6.5 million (2.0 %) are recycled into cut/stamped/punched products.
• 3 million (1.7%) are used in agricultural and miscellaneous uses

Many used tires are exported to foreign countries to be reused, or as retreads, especially in countries with growing populations of automobile drivers such as Brazil, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama and Mexico. Mexico According to Mexico's National Association of Tire Distributors, as many as 20% of tires sold in Mexico are imported as used tires from the US and then retreaded for reuse. Some foreign countries also import tires to be shredded and used as crumb rubber, or to be used as fuel.Used tires.com is a Leader in supplying the cement industry with whole scrap tires for Tire derived fuel.Let us put our Tire recycling experience to work for you!

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