Can Tires Be Recycled?

[VonAlejandro]

Tires can be recycled. Used tires are generally collected by auto parts markets. Tire vendors purchase various waste tires from tire repair shops, recycling stations, and drivers. After centralized collection and sorting, these tires are sold to upstream dealers locally or in other regions based on demand. The upstream dealers process them into usable tires, which are then sold back to tire repair shops or drivers. Tire retreading is a technology that refurbishes worn or otherwise damaged tires through repair and reprocessing, restoring their usability. Waste tire oil refining technology involves heating and pressurizing discarded tires to extract fuel oil. However, if simple and inexpensive equipment is used, this process can easily cause secondary pollution. The tire rubber powder reclaimed rubber technology first uses waste tire rubber powder equipment to crush tires into 20~30 mesh rubber powder. The rubber powder then undergoes a desulfurization process to soften and restore plasticity, allowing it to be reprocessed into various rubber products. If the desulfurization technology is substandard, it can also lead to pollution.