Tire Recycling

Scrap Tires

In 1996:

• 202 million scrap tires were recovered for a 75.6 percent recycling rate.
• 152 million scrap tires were used to make tire-derived fuel, up from 130
  million in 1995.
• The total weight of crumb rubber extracted from tire buffings and whole
  tires was 200,000 tons.
• 15 million scrap tires were exported from the U.S.