Tire Recycling - Tire Life Cycle

Tire Life Cycle

The tire life cycle can be identified by the following six steps:

1. Product developments and innovations such as improved compounds and camber tire shaping increase tire life, increments of replacement, consumer safety, and reduce tire waste.
2. Proper manufacturing and quality of delivery reduces waste at production.
3. Direct distribution through retailers, reduces inventory time and ensures that the life span and the safety of the products are explained to customers.
4. Consumers' use and maintenance choices like tire rotation affect tire wear and safety of operation.
5. Manufacturers and retailers set policies on return, re-tread, and replacement to reduce the waste generated from tires and assume responsibility for taking the ‘tire to its grave’ or to its reincarnation.
6. Recycling tires by developing strategies that combust or process waste into new products, creates viable businesses, and fulfilling public policies.