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Tyre Recovery Association, 5 Berewyk Hall Court, White Colne, Colchester, Essex
Tel: 0845 301 6852
Fax: 0845 301 6853
Tel: 0845 301 6852
Fax: 0845 301 6853
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Potential Uses
NEW LIFE FROM OLD TYRES
Old tyres are currently used in a wide range of applications. Out of the 50 million used tyres that are currently collected each year under the Tyre Recovery Association's Responsible Recycler Scheme, 34 percent are used in new products, 25 percent are used as energy sources (typically in cement and lime kilns), 6 percent are used in retreading, 10 percent are used in landfill engineering and the remaining 25 percent are reused.
Potential uses
- Construction bales
- Carbon Products
- Drainage backfill
- Gaskets, hoses, rings, seals
- Landfill engineering
- Rail Sleepers
- Riverbank reinforcement
- Expansion joints
- Stabilisation
- Horse arena ménage
- Sound barriers
- Retreading
- Sports/play surfaces
- Tyre Derived Fuel (TDF)
(cement and lime kilns / electric arc furnaces)
- Carpet underlay
- Rubber modified bitumen for road surfaces
- Moulded/ extruded parts
- Sheet materials & roofing