Due to lack of international demand for end-of-life tires (ELTs) as a commodity, shipping tires to safe recycling or disposal in other remote countries is a costly exercise with limited opportunity for resale. In the absence of options for in-country ELT reprocessing, many ELTs are dumped, or landfilled consuming critical landfill space, which is already a major issue for atolls and small islands with limited land availability.
This booklet includes details on various ELT mechanical processing options. ELT’s can be mechanically processed using specialized equipment to create outputs of whole tires and the individual components of steel, nylon and various rubber forms.
When shredded, ELT can be used to replace conventional construction material, such as road fill, gravel, crushed rock, or sand. Shredded tires can be used in the Pacific islands region with advanced civil infrastructure as filler in construction projects, landfill constructions and substitute for drainage materials.
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