Tire recycling or rubber recycling is the process of recycling vehicles tires (or tyres) that are no longer suitable for use on vehicles due to wear or irreparable damage (such as punctures). These tires are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste, due to the large volume produced and their durability. Those same characteristics, which make waste tires such a problem, also make them one of the most re-used waste materials, as the rubber is very resilient and can be reused in other products. Approximately, one tire is discarded per person per year. Tires are also often recycled for use on basketball courts and new shoe products. However, material recovered from waste tires, known as "crumb," is generally only a cheap "filler" material and is rarely used in high volumes.

recycling one tire can save 7 gallons of crude oil, 518 gallons of water, enough oil to run the average car for 105 miles or circle the globe almost 7,840 times, a 210,000 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 21/8 tons of green house gases, 4,809/100,000 tons of co2, 4,809/1,000 gallons of gasoline, 1,295/2 kwh of energy, 518 pounds of coal, 6,475/96 tons of waste, 32,375/648 cubic yards of landfill space, 28 acres of soil from being polluted, 259/8 metric tons of limestone, 1,036/25 pounds of fly ash, 259/15,600 metric tons of hydrogen, 10,619/2,560 tons of methane, 259/1,560 metric tons of zinc, 777/2 pounds of coke, 175/26 metric tons of global warming, 4,809/10,000,000 metric tons of benzene, 4,809/100,000 tons of climate change, 259/5,475 pounds of CFC, 777/5,000 pounds of pitch, almost 135 pounds of hydrocarbons, enough energy to power 35/8 cars for a year, a CFL for 8,029/233,600 years, $77.70 in water

recycling one ton of Synthetic Rubber could save a 825/2 cubic meter lake, enough water to fill 77/475 olympic sized swimming pools, 137,500 kwh of energy, 4,433/9,344 metric tons or 55 tons of coal, 14,751/160 tons of co2, a 44,253/1,280 cubic meter tank of gasoline, 27,500/7 metric tons of toxic lead, keep 275/8 pounds of mercury out of landfills a year, 171,875/12 tons of waste, a 368,775/7,328 cubic meter container of oil, 6,875 metric tons of limestone, 132,759/1,184 tons of air pollution per year, 22/5 tons of fly ash, 14,751/320 tons of biomass, 1,639/64 tons of carbon, 11/2 tons of sulfur dioxide, 25,740/197 tons of acid rain, 11/4 tons of sulfur, enough energy to power a CFL for 8,525/1,168 years, 144,375/5,774 homes, one home for 1,375/82 years, a 825/8 bedroom house for an entire year, 55/56 tons of haze, 663,795/68 gallons of biodiesel, 2,787,939/544,000 tons of glycerol, 495 pounds of NOx, $16,500.00

Recycling one ton of silicone saves 5,774 kWh of energy, 3,423/5 gallons of oil, 98,000,000 BTUs of energy, a 8,661/500 cubic meter lake, 2,887/4,000,000 tons of mercury a year, 5,774/35 metric tons of toxic lead, 2,887/1,250 tons of coal, a 20,538,000 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 10,269/40 tons of greenhouse gases, 14,435/24 tons of waste, 72,175/162 cubic yards of landfill space, 13,692/5 acres of soil from being polluted, 2,887/10 metric tons of limestone, 2,887/15,625 tons of fly ash, 6,988/358,735 metric tons of fossil fuels, 3,494/358,735 metric tons of carbon monoxide, 3,494/1,793,675 metric tons of nitrogen oxide, a 36,750/9,169 cubic meter container of propane, 698,800/1,650,181 tons of soda ash, over 3,871,467/183,200,000 tons of smog, 6,077/25,317,568 tons of VOCs, 4,900/969 tons of ammonia, 98/19 tons of methanol, enough energy to power 29,400/19 homes for a year, $1,280.88.

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