Tire recycling, also known as rubber recycling, refers to the process of recycling used vehicle tires that can no longer be used on the vehicles due to wear and tear or irreparable damage. Used tires are among the most problematic and challenging sources of solid waste.

This involves the processing of waste tires for reuse. Typically, this category of tires, also known as end-of-life tires, are no longer functional. And this is due to damage and wear.

Tire recycling then involves the conversion of waste tires into materials that we can use to create new products. At this point, you may ask: why do we need to recycle tires?

Well, this is due to their increasing numbers and how fast some tires reach their end-of-life. In turn, this means that more tires are getting into landfills. And, as you already know, when we talk about landfills, we are discussing more pressing issues.

We are worried about environmental pollution, threats to marine life, global warming, and many more issues that arise from landfills. So, to avoid these, it seems like a good idea to recycle.

You should know that every year, over one billion scrap tires get generated. In fact, in the U.S. alone, there were about 249.4 million waste tires around a couple of years back. And the only way to get things done the right way is through recycling.

In fact, history shows that recycling tires have always been a smart move. For instance, a couple of decades back many people did not own an automobile vehicle. Yet, piles of waste tires were over one billion globally.

However, as of today, when many people already owned one automobile or the other, the pile of waste globally contained only about 60 million scrap tires. And this is thanks to tire recycling. So, yes, tire recycling is a good choice; it has always been.

You even be more convinced when you realize rubbers were once as expensive as silver. And the only economical way to keep up production at the time was through recycling.