This year’s 7th Scrap to Profit Conference, held in Nashville, Tenn., will focus on innovation to drive new and improved scrap tire markets.
The conference will feature the latest trends and innovations in the use of end of life tires, and is hosted by the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) and the Scrap Tire Research and Education Foundation (STREF).
Efforts to improve scrap tire reuse and recycling have been very improving since 1990. Nearly 90% of annually generated scrap tires are consumed in an end-use market. Over the same period, stockpiles of scrap tires declined by 93% from 1 billion tires in 1990 to fewer than 70 million in 2015.
“We work in partnership with legislators, regulators, recyclers and inventors to help find ways to put old, discarded tires to new uses,” said Anne Forristall Luke, USTMA president and CEO. “Our industry works hard to continually evaluate materials and processes to make tires as sustainable as possible. And, we strive to increase knowledge and understanding of what it takes to reuse and recycle the products our members create.”
According to John Sheerin, USTMA’s director, attendees will get to learn about rubber modified asphalt from state officials and from key market innovators. Presentations will also feature potential market expansion in tire derived fuel, latest advances in pyrolysis, molded and extruded products innovations and civil engineering applications.
