Tire-Derived Fuel Supply

1) Tire-Derived Fuel Supply. At present there are probably about a dozen pulp and paper plants burning tdf, with several of them in the states of Washington, Oregon, and Wisconsin. The companies marketing over a million tires per year of tdf to the pulp and paper plants are  

Waste Recovery, Inc., Dallas, Texas Oxford Energy, Santa Rosa, California Maust and Sons, Inc., Preston, Minnesota Emanuel Tire Company, Baltimore, Maryland. 

It is estimated that the use of tdf in the pulp and paper industry accounted for about 12 million waste tires in 1989 (56). It is estimated that at least 12 million scrap tires were utilized for fuel by pulp and paper plants in 1990. 

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Suppliers of scrap tire-derived products often need to educate themselves on the requirements of potential users of their products. For example, facilities that can use tire-derived fuel may need this fuel supplied with uniform, consistent quality. Producers and users of tdf need to work together to classify this material based on factors such as size of chips and quality of the cut. (i.e.. Are there wires protruding from the rubber chips or is it clean-cut ) This information will help potential users be assured of quality supplies that will not damage equipment. This information in turn, aids in developing and expanding markets for tire-derived material. 

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