Scrap Tires: Handbook on Recycling Applications and Management for the U.S. and Mexico

United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Scrap tires are a concern for Mexico, with many scrap tire piles concentrated throughout the U.S – Mexico border region. In addition to the numerous environmental and public health concerns that scrap tire piles can raise in communities, they represent a vastly underutilized market for recycled materials. This scrap tire resource handbook has presented a variety of viable options for the Mexico border region to take advantage of the scrap tire market. Many U.S. states have been able to successfully clean up scrap tire stockpiles, establish programs to halt the formation of future stockpiles, and mitigate the risks posed to human health and the environment posed by tire stockpiles. This handbook reflects the lessons learned in the process of reaching that success

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