Tire recycling helps pollution and energy consumption are reduced. The following are benefit of tire recycling:
· Reduce Pollution
· Saves Landfill Space
· Creates New Products
· Create Safer Environment
The most beneficial tire recycling is to find new uses for these old though still valuable materials. The next ideally beneficial use is reusing the old tires by retreading them.
Reducing tires to new material by grinding them is also a desirable option since the material still exists to be used to manufacture whatever new product. Large energy savings can also be realized when tire chips are burned as fuel however this precludes any other recycling since the material is obviously consumed.
Rubber is also used as playground mulch, roadbed material, running tracks, and walkways. There is also some evidence of reduced injuries and reduced vehicle maintenance but there is no adequate documentation for this. The biggest environmental benefit may be the reduced mining for traditional materials like sand and gravel.