METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUAL TIRE RECYCLING

摘要

The method of the present invention for handling scrap tires, includes a step of pinching the tires to maintain the compacted tire in the compacted form and prevent the compacted tire from regaining its original shape. The compacted tires can be pinched at one or more locations to form an indentation at each location and a coupling element can be inserted at the indentation. Before compacting the tires, the tire can be marked with a unique identifier assigned to every tire generator. By marking the scrap tires with a unique identifier, the scrap tires can be tracked on their way to the final destination. The compacting apparatus provides volume reduction of the scrap tires individually into a form that can have a reduction of at least fifty percent of original cubic volume. The collected tires can be transported with much more weight efficient loads of the tires to a transfer station, a recycling facility, or an end user.