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<\/span>ELT End-of-life Tires: problem or opportunity?<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The report \u201cL\u2019Italia del riciclo 2010\u201d (Italy Recycling 2010) by the Italian Ministry for the Environment and ISPRA is one of the many studies presenting waste management principles and addressing the issue of ELTs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In dealing with tires, the many reports indicate that the first problem to be addressed is the inventory and the waste management characteristics of ELTs. This issue is particularly relevant in countries listed as emerging economies. For example, the current evolution of the Chinese economy has dramatically contributed to the increase in generation of used tires. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]The United States have now been replaced by China as world leader in ELT generation, with over 200 million tires per year (approximately 5 million tons).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Although until recently ELTs were sent to dedicated or mixed waste landfills, legislation was passed banning (with few exceptions) landfill disposal in the USA and, since July 2003, in Europe. Nevertheless, approximately one third of the 13.5 million tons of ELTs produced every year in the world are still either disposed of in uncontrolled or illegal landfills or burned.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”true” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”94|http:\/\/Z09264-numero1.linp004.arubabusiness.it\/gepi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/copertoni-il-problema.jpg” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_img_attach=”fixed” bg_override=”ex-full” enable_overlay=”enable_overlay_value” overlay_color=”#e43725″ overlay_pattern=”transperant” overlay_pattern_opacity=”95″][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”]

<\/span>PROBLEM<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” full_width_row=”true” padding_left=”20″ padding_right=”20″ bg_type=”bg_color” bg_override=”ex-full” bg_color_value=”#b0d997″ css=”.vc_custom_1457087802110{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1457086942531{padding: 10px !important;}”]
<\/span>SMOKE COMPOSITION FROM UNCONTROLLED BURNING OF ELTs<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInUp”]<\/p>\n

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COMPONENT<\/th>CONCENTRATION
\n(g\/kg of burnt ELTs)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
CO2<\/sup><\/td>1.450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CO<\/td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
N2O<\/td>0,9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NO<\/td>3,2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SO2<\/sup><\/td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HCN<\/td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HCI<\/td>-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNBURNT HYDROCARBONS
\n(Benzene, Toluene, etc)<\/td>		23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
POWDERS<\/td>285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METALS (included Al and Zn)<\/td>31,9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IPA<\/td>0,0633<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PCB<\/td>2,66 * 10-4<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DIOXINS\/FURANS<\/td>6,44 * 10-7<\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nSoutrce: SNCP 2007<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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The open air combustion<\/span><\/h3>\n

The more alarming illegal practice associated with ELT disposal is, however, \u2018open air combustion\u2019 of tires.
\nThe smoke produced by uncontrolled burning contains serious pollutants like aromatic hydrocarbons, sulphur compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides.<\/span><\/p>\n

The high temperatures reached during the fire cause also the decomposition of the rubber mix and the production of hydrocarbon oils of different molecular weight that facilitate the propagation of the fire.
\nThe fire extinction can also be hazardous since chemical leaches can contain heavy metals in such a concentration as to pollute the underground layer.
\nThis is the reason why landfill disposal has been progressively outlawed in Japan, North America and Europe.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”id^200|url^http:\/\/Z09264-numero1.linp004.arubabusiness.it\/gepi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/smaltimento-pfu-impianto-pneus-gineo.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^smaltimento-pfu-impianto-pneus-gineo|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_img_attach=”fixed” bg_override=”ex-full” enable_overlay=”enable_overlay_value” overlay_color=”#e43725″ overlay_pattern=”transperant” overlay_pattern_opacity=”95″ css=”.vc_custom_1458548932170{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”]

<\/span>OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row_content” equal_height=”yes” full_width_row=”true” padding_left=”20″ padding_right=”20″ bg_type=”bg_color” bg_color_value=”#b0d997″ css=”.vc_custom_1457087936228{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1457086400905{background-color: #005e32 !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”82px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1457617403276{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Reuse, recycling or energy recovery instead of disposal?<\/span><\/h3>\n

As it was the case in the USA, the prohibition of landfi ll disposal of ELTs, introduced in Europe
\nby EC Directive 1999\/31 and adopted in Italy with Italian Legislative Decree No 36\/2003 has revolutionized the entire ELTs chain, favouring
\nthe implementation of new recovery methods.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Italian situation is different: even though approximately 48% of ELTs are used for energy recovery, the corresponding share of the real material recovery does not balance this ratio and there is still a high percentage (>25%) of material whose destination is uncertain.
\nIn Italy every year 100 thousand tons of end of life tyres disappear unknown, according to a Legambiente report concerning the period 2005 to 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n

Considering ELT as a resourxce not a waste
\n<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n


\nThe European Union (EU) considers \u201cwaste minimization\u201d the most desirable approach to a different method of treatment of the ELT waste management while \u201cre-use\u201d, \u201crecycling\u201d and \u201ccomponent recovery\u201d of waste material are all more desirable than ultimate \u201cdisposal\u201d.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1457087004365{padding: 10px !important;}”]

<\/span>RUBBER COMPOSITION OF CAR TIRES<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInUp”]<\/p>\n

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SUBSTANCE<\/th>CAR TYRES<\/th>TRUCK TYRES<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
NATURAL RUBBER<\/td>41-43%<\/td>34-35%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COAL<\/td>38-32%<\/td>36-32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HYDROGEN<\/td>6\u20137%<\/td>5\u20136%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SULPHUR<\/td>1\u20131,5%<\/td>1\u20131,5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IRON<\/td>10\u201312%<\/td>20\u201322%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FILLER<\/td>3\u20134%<\/td>3\u20134%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TYRE WEIGHT<\/td>5\u201310 kg<\/td>< 70 kg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/p>\n

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<\/span>THE VALUE OF ELT<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeInUp”]<\/p>\n

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COMPONENTS<\/th>TIRE FOR PASSENGER CAR, WT %<\/th>TIRE FOR TRUCK, WT %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
NATURAL RUBBER<\/td>22<\/td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SYNTHETIC RUBBER<\/td>23<\/td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SOOT<\/td>21,5<\/td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
METAL<\/td>16,5<\/td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIBRE<\/td>5,5<\/td>-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ZINC OXIDE<\/td>1<\/td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SULPHUR<\/td>1<\/td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FILLERS<\/td>7,5<\/td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JOINT CARBON MATERIALS<\/td>74<\/td>67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AVERAGE WEIGHT OF NEW TIRE<\/td>8,5 KG<\/td>65 KG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AVERAGE WEIGHT OF OLD TIRE<\/td>7 KG<\/td>56 KG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NET CALORIFIC VALUE<\/td>30,2 MJ\/KG<\/td>26,4 MJ\/KG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CARBON (C)<\/td>69%<\/td>61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SULPHUR<\/td>1,3%<\/td>1,4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nSource: Scientific Journal of Riga Technical University Environmental and Climate Technologies 2010 Volume 4.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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<\/span>A DIFFERENT METHOD OF TREATMENT OF THE ELT<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1576597352500{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #005e32 !important;}”]Here we will discuss one of the several methods of processing ELT to recover its basic components based on \u2018non-combustion\u2019 thermal technologies. This heating process which induces thermal degradation (depolymerization) of granular rubber compound in an inert environment is called \u201cpyrolysis\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The result of the pyrolysis process on ELT will be:
\n\u2022 The \u201cchar\u201d, solid granular carbon with some impurities, which can be packaged for direct utilization or for further rocessing.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1576597288184{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]\u2022 The liquid phase, a mixture of combustible oils, which can be drummed for commercial use or utilized \u201cat source\u201d to fuel diesel\/generator groups that can provide electricity to the processing plant and to the national electric grid.
\n\u2022 The third phase, a minor quantity of incompressible combustible gases, which will be \u201cburned\u201d in house, generally as a mean of disposal of the by-product.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pyrolysis of rubber organic compounds in a temperature controlled environment will \u201ccrack\u201d them into a solid fraction (Char) and a gaseous one which, through condensation, will yield a liquid phase and an incondensable gaseous phase.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width_row=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1576599052274{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1576598921274{background-color: #b0d997 !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”]

<\/span>How Pneus Gineo works<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”465″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1576680524061{background-color: #b0d997 !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”]
<\/span>What is Pneus Gineo<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1576680567016{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #b0d997 !important;}”]The \u201cPneus Gineo\u201d is a plant, based on a new proprietary design, to process ELT rubber in granular form via pyrolysis. The technology, developed by Get Energy Prime Italia, is being patented (Pyrolysis and diesel generator patent pending) is utilized to produce solid \u201cchar\u201d and diesel grade combustible oil. .<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n