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Article: Growing markets for scrap tires
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- BioCycle
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright J.G. Press Inc. Oct 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In 1996, more scrap tires than ever before found environmentally sound and cost efficient markets despite difficulties in certain areas.
THE THREE major market segments for scrap tires - tire derived fuel, rubber products and civil engineering applications - have been growing steadily. Since the inception of the Scrap Tire Management Council (STMC) and its tracking efforts, the number of annually generated scrap tires having markets has increased from 11 percent (25 million) in 1990 to 38 percent (68 million) in 1992, and then to 56 percent (138 million) in 1994. At the end of 1995, the number had risen to 69 percent (175 million), and by the end of 1996, 75 percent (202 million) of the ...