Solid wastes tyre combustion

This chapter will present a short overview of worn tyre management practices, with data for the USA, followed by a discussion of the effects of energy recovery through tyre combustion on both solid waste products and atmospheric emissions. In addition to reviewing... 

Solid waste products from tyre combustion... 

The Identification of Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials That Are Solid Waste rule published by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2012 determines whether non-hazardous secondary materials are considered fuels or wastes when burnt. Combustion units that burn non-hazardous secondary materials that are classified as fuels are regulated as boilers under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, while units that burn materials that are classified as wastes are regulated as incinerators under Section 129 of the Clean Air Act. In the rule, the EPA identified two secondary materials (resinated wood and scrap tyres managed under the oversight of the established tyre collection programmes) as non-wastes when used as fuel, and also identified off-specification tyres managed under the contractual relationship as non-waste fuels. However, scrap tyres that are discarded in stockpiles, landfills or monofills will be considered wastes unless these tyres are processed as specified in the rule. 

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