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  2. Tire recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    $2 per tire (auto/light truck), $5 per tire (medium truck), $10 per tire (off-road) [33] Maine: $1 per tire [34] Maryland: $0.80 per tire [35] Massachusetts: none — Michigan: $1.50 per tire [36] Minnesota: none — Mississippi: $1 per tire (rim size less than 24'), $2 per tire (rim size greater than 24') [37] Missouri: $0.50 per tire [38 ...

  3. Tire recycling - Wikipedia

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    Tire recycling, or rubber recycling, is the process of recycling waste tires that are no longer suitable for use on vehicles due to wear or irreparable damage. These tires are a challenging source of waste, due to the large volume produced, the durability of the tires, and the components in the tire that are ecologically problematic.

  4. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, 81.4% of scrapped tires were marketed for some beneficial use, down from 87.9% in 2015. Of the 3,411 thousand tons of marketed scrap tires, 50.8% were used as fuel, 29.6% as ground rubber. Of the tires used as fuel, 46% were consumed in cement kilns, 29% in pulp and paper mills and 25% in electric utility boilers. [25]

  5. Materials recovery facility - Wikipedia

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    A materials recovery facility for the recycling of domestic waste Clean materials recovery facility recycling video. A materials recovery facility, materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility or multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized waste sorting and recycling system [1] that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end ...

  6. Vehicle recycling - Wikipedia

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    The process of recycling a vehicle is extremely complicated, as there are many parts to be recycled and many hazardous materials to remove. Briefly, the process begins with incoming vehicles being inventoried for parts. The wheels, tires, battery, and catalytic converter are removed. Fluids, such as engine coolant, oil, transmission fluid, air ...

  7. Tire-derived fuel - Wikipedia

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    In the United States in 2017, about 43% of scrap tires (1,736,340 tons or 106 million tires) were burnt as tire-derived fuel. Cement manufacturing was the largest user of TDF, at 46%, pulp and paper manufacturing used 29% and electric utilities used 25%.

  8. Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries - Wikipedia

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    Electronic scrap recycling is one of the most dynamic and fastest growing segments of the scrap recycling industry and generated an estimated revenue of more than $5.2 billion to the U.S. economy in 2010, employed more than 30,000 full-time employees in the private sector and when non-profit organizations are included, more than 45,000 people; and collected and processed domestically more than ...

  9. List of waste management companies - Wikipedia

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    Envirogreen Recycling: 2012 Armagh United Kingdom: 6.4 (2019) Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas: 1900 Barcelona Spain: 11.152 (2012) Himark BioGas: 1976 Edmonton Canada: 1.64 (2019) Junk King: 2005 Burlingame USA: Lystek: 2000 Ontario Canada: 1.5 (2020) MBA Polymers: 1994 Hackensack, New Jersey United States, UK, China, Austria, Germany ...