One of the big headaches of tyre recycling (and there are plenty) is the extracted tyre wire. Firstly you need a pretty heavy duty processing line to take the tyres from whole to 25mm WIRE FREE chippings. Once you've achieved that you're left with a massive quantity of tyre wire, particularly in the case of truck tyres which contain thick bead wire re-enforcing. How easily you dispose of this wire depends entirely on the scrap wire market which is one of the most fluctuating and unstable markets in the world. Just securing a buyer doesn't mean it's over! price of the wire depends on quality, e.g. some buyers insist on rubber free wire which is impossible to achieve without massive investment in an additional wire cleaning process line. Sometimes you have to cut your losses and dispose of the wire free to who ever will take it, then 3 months later there may be a surge in development in the East and the wire becomes sought after again. Without adequate space to store tyre wire until the market recovers you end up giving away what may later be a valuable commodity. The tyre wire problem often ends up putting 'pop up' tyre recyclers out of business very quickly. Imagine, they've just started up, are collecting tyres rapidly to bring some cash in, the often inadequate machinery can't handle the quantities coming in, frequent breakdowns are inevitable, on top of that they've now got tonnes of tyre wire without a buyer secured. Hardly surprising many abandon ship with the gate fees they've been paid by the tyre fitters and head for foreign parts.

Here at S W Tyre & Rubber Recyclers, we have been dealing with these problems 'legally' for many years. No dumping, no attempting to export tyres that clearly don't fit the Legal Export Criteria. We're still here recycling the South West's tyres because we have the right machinery, on site engineers and knowledge of ALL the problems recycling tyres brings. You can trust that when we take your tyres, they will be dealt with legally, safely and knowledgeably.

Your Duty of Care DOES end with us.
Tel: SW Tyre & Rubber Recyclers Ltd 01736 757626 or email info@tyrerecycler.com