Overview of tire retreading and methods of tire recycling by Mark Weiss

Tires can be recycled into a number of products. Some tires are eligible for retreading. Tire retreading is a type of recycling that replaces the treads on a tire to make it usable as a tire again. Tires that have been retreaded are significantly cheaper than a new tire and usually have comparable durability to a new tire. Tire retreading also saves more than half the oil that is needed to produce a new tire. Industries like trucking, aviation, and bussing are the most common users of retreaded tires.

The first step of retreading involves inspection of the tire body to ensure that it is in a condition that will allow the tire to be run through the process. The tire is then striped of its treads using machinery. The striped body of a tire is called a casing. Casings are then inspected to ensure that the casing can be used. After the inspection tire casing have treads reapplied to them, which creates a tire that is as useful as a new tire. Tires that cannot be retreaded are usually recycled to make rubber mulch or other products requiring rubber like basketball courts.

Landfills are reluctant to accept waste tires due to the fact that they take up so much space. There are a few different methods for recycling tires that prevent a used tire from ending up in a landfill or from being burned for disposal. Ultrasound and high pressure is one way to decompose a tire into materials that can be reprocessed into new products. A new breakthrough in tire recycling involves the use of microwaves to break a tire down into its component parts, which is relatively inexpensive. Mechanical-chemical methods are another popular technique that uses machinery and chemicals to break a tire down into a reusable product. Tire paralysis is a recycling technique that uses heat to melt a tire down into reusable components.

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