Tire Recycling

Did you know that burning rubber from tires pollutes the atmosphere? Join Curiosity Quest Goes Green host Joel Greene as he finds other ways to recycle tires and how they can be used in the creation of cement. On this DVD you will be able to see some of the biggest earth-movers on the planet as they travel around a rock quarry to find the correct materials to create cement. What does this have to do with recycled tires? That’s just it, Greene spends a good portion of the episode trying to find the answer to that same question…but it all becomes clear as a massive pile of tires is fed into a hopper where the tires disappear instantly.

[@nubi78]

That producer was like “what the actual f happened here! I wanted a tire recycling video and you gave me a cement video.”

[@jamesbraithwaite478]

In a couple of garages I help out at, they have a truck owned by a recycling company that collects scrap tyres every couple of months. The tyres either end up on go-kart tracks or they're used for making soft grade tarmac for playgrounds.

[@bsanchez3563]

Noiice, beats fr the concept of tire fire places etc imho.

[@WalkHard1]

I love working here. After 20 yrs of being an electrical journeyman, traveling the state and country, I finally found a home. I've been on a lot of really terrific, awesome jobs. Hands down, This is the Best Job Ever.

[@KPearce57]

Texas used to grind up tires and mix them in the stone used to make blacktop, the reads would rust from the steel belts, they also used ground glass and the roads would sparkle at night.

[@user-bc3pc5gu2y]

And i thought that was from all the drunk drivers throwing out the car windows all their empty beer bottles.

[@steveiwamoto6772]

Not Too motorcycle friendly

[@chrismanning1746]

I have seen glass roads before.

[@chaleco82]

Good job David. You explained everything in a very cool Way.

[@RememberTheSlapFilms]

Fun Fact - Fun Fact- Fun Fact!! - Joel was damn lucky the site manager didn't push him into the concrete kiln...

[@putheflamesoutyahoo1503]

to quick,more pain, .....just giving back

[@Raggandrist]

😂😂😂😂

[@mechboysudheer]

😘

[@bobbyjenkinsjr.397]

I assure you that he was thinking about it.

[@lastmanstanding2622]

So true...you could see it in the site managers eyes.

[@mikesmith8278]

Thanks Chula, great to see tyres getting consumed 100% no waste by products. Can use cleared timber to equally make prodicts and refined oil and aslo refined oil from rubber , both giving buff carbon as a waste, which is very valuable cheers.

[@josephanthony-richardvasta6624]

It's amazing how the technology has changed. Burning tires has passed but recycling them is on the forefront.

[@josephanthony-richardvasta6624]

They have to burn them until they melt. But before they burn them they have to shred them and seperate the steel belting in the rubber.

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

@@josephanthony-richardvasta6624 If u paid attention, the tire is melted in about 2 sec, and in couple seconds more, IT'S COMPLETLY BURNED !!! cause of extreme temperatures, and BASICALLY INSTANTLY transformed in HEAT !

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

To be exact, THE TIRE IS DROPPED IN A STORM OF PLASMA !

[@cavan5]

This should be re titled " How cement is made" No tyres were recycle in the making of this video they were just burned and very likely the cement company were getting a bonus for doing this !

[@aliggogss]

That s not tho…cement doesn’t require rubber 🤣🤣🤣 that s some human made up stuff 🤣🤣🤣🙏🙏🙏

[@roycemccarthy5771]

Thank you for the tour, it was very interesting.

[@johndoyle4723]

OK. I understand all this stuff, I worked in this industry, so true story. I was having my tyres(tires for US), changed, and the fitter discussed with me the disposal situation, I mentioned that they were often used for fuel in the cement works. Ok next the usual discussion about black smoke, then "What about the steel in the walls?", I explained that Iron was useful in the process as part of the of production. The fitter then said "Wow, I always wondered how they made re-inforced concrete ". If you can burn them whole, so much the better, shredding is a pain.

[@SekTauBand]

They burn the tires. I just saved you 25 mins of your life. you're welcome

[@heinzhubbert1512]

Thank you 🙏 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

And you, didn't saved SHIET !!! I hope it's clear now ! ;) DISLIKE !!!

[@cedarwest37]

Thanks

[@markjensen1822]

That should finally shut him about what they do with the tires!!

[@jackoshaytan1885]

😆😆😆

[@essmene]

"recycling" usually means using some old mateial and rejuvinating it, that it has the old qualities - e.g. using old P.E.T. bottles to generate P.E.T. Burning polymers is not recycling, as the process cannot be repeated at all.

[@mahenderdhanjal6964]

very good info. I m in tire industry for past 27 yrs.now in recycling of tires business,thank you for this info

[@philojantou5744]

I’d like to learn more about this process for my country

[@rigidfinger]

The video was interesting and informative. I realize it is probably made for the classroom but none the less it explained what is being done with all the used tires and showcased an important industry making a very important product. I don't understand the unwarranted negativity in in some of these comments below. I guess haters got to hate, but this is just fueled by people with **** for brains.

[@rehiggs1]

Actually the video explained how 2 of the 50 million used tires produced in CA are used each year. Tthe other 48 million went unexplained.

[@MegaBassman59]

Interesting and informative video- perfectly understandable since I have worked with fluid bed ore roasters, dry grind mills and carbon granule reactivators in gold processing operations, all of which use high temp heat to achieve the desired process goals

[@graysonaydin916]

Instablaster.

[@CaspianWint-dn6nj]

You can tell that the gentleman from Mitsubishi was getting tired of the spastic clown routine of the program bost

[@craigezard7344]

Caspian Wint to be fair to him he has the responsibility of that whole plant and probably 10000 other things to do in the day and the host clearly didn’t even plan a script and was just repeating everything

[@CaspianWint-dn6nj]

@@craigezard7344 are you the host?

[@craigezard7344]

Maybe

[@timothyfurer7392]

Yes Joel was a bit anal.

[@terryohare6640]

My dad drove one of those huge trucks at a coal mine, we call them uke trucks. One day going down a hill his brakes failed and he had to jump two stories to the ground right before the truck went over a 200 foot bank. Nothing wrong with him, truck wasn't so lucky. The pics of that huge mangled truck are amazing.

[@nebulosa4347]

I love the way he held cement in his hand. Cement burns, slowly but surely.

[@JOHNSMITH-if9jr]

it certainly doses i had under my fingernails, and boy did it hurt.

[@ssweeps]

I learned a lot. Thank you.

[@bassambouhamad7935]

Ooh my goodness what a beautiful technology, God bless America.

[@paulwatkins2601]

There is a business in Rugby England that uses recycled tires to provide the power to run it's plant and sells power back to the national grid

[@0501245]

Paul Watkins z

[@davehowe4714]

Ironically it’s called Rugby Cement!

[@john172867]

Nice job, Joel. 😊

[@RJM1011]

Good way to use up old tyres :)

[@andyhughes5885]

Grown man at the beginning, at the beginning was asked ` What is a quarry ? Answer ` Some kind of area a horse runs through` ! LOL

[@talltanndn]

Phuck off andy....troll It was a fucking guess....he said he didn't know

[@nebulosa4347]

For those interested in how the tires are recycled, skip to 13:40 and watch until 14:05.

[@AlpheusGibbs]

Nebu Losa thx for the information

[@npsit1]

That's actually a pretty cool way to dispose of them. I didn't know they could.

[@Timboy4421052]

I’m sorry 😐 I wanna I miss the holidays you look

[@bobpettit6653]

Great video, Joel

[@70Kenny]

If that woman says "Fun Fact Fun Fact Fun Fact!" one more time, I'm going to scream and smash the computer.

[@user-nm4ui5it1t]

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[@user-nm4ui5it1t]

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[@waldoc3419]

Fun fact fun fact fun fact

[@stevent222]

Thank You Joel and David this has been quit informulable & thanks for the questions that I would of asked too. Sure beats leaving old tires in the ground.

[@kkknotcool]

I love how everyone in the comments is offended that the host is acting like an impatient child. It's a kids program, kids are entertained by annoying stuff. He's clearly putting on an act to keep kids entertained, stop taking it personally.

[@douglasmacomber2277]

That is a great idea!!! Use the tires for fuel to make cement and concrete 🔥👍

[@roycemccarthy5771]

This guy is getting a tour many people would love to get. Yet, all he's worried about is where the tires come in to the equation.

[@drexel937]

I love the Cat Dump- that is the BEST Truck in its Class!

[@richardsimpson3136]

OH! At first I thought you were talking about a CAT Taking a CRAP!

[@user-bc3pc5gu2y]

@@richardsimpson3136 i like the compressor, no worry about rubber tires there.

[@porschadominguez8262]

David didn't seem too friendly to the host. The host was awesome and did a outstanding job.

[@martinstreeworks3310]

Ya he seems to be a real GEEK! PRICK!

[@msotil]

The "interviewer" keeps interrupting the thorough explanation the field manager is trying to give. Obviously, the guy (tempted to say the jerk) is not listening to what he is being told and keeps asking about the tyres. These, he has been told a few times already, will come later in the explanation.

[@lynalllynall9082]

I think they burn the tyres in the long kilns on top of their normal fuel (this was done to reduce fuel costs) the result is clinker with steel fragments in from the wires in the tyres, in it that can rust, Blue Circle Cement tried it in the late 90s, what comes out of the kilns is clinker which then goes into the ball mills.

[@pauleohl]

+Lynall Lynall.The steel belt is oxidized to iron oxide which becomes part of the cement.

[@ctgottapee]

When coal plants used tires as extra fuel, it did leave some residue and steel with the remaining ash. In modern cement plants, the tire is dropped directly in to the kiln as a heat booster, the steel vaporizes to iron oxide into the cement.

[@michaelreinhardt7137]

Great show!. I'm curious as to what happens to the "stuff" that gets filtered out of water at sewage treatment plants and or reclamation plants.

[@mattmoschkau2831]

Most of it breaks down and is returned to the water supply, rather quickly too. Solid waste is usually used as fertilizer, it’s cheaper than cow or pig manure. Think about that next time you’re chowing down on some melons from Florida, 1000’s of tons daily sent out to farms.

[@jeramiahmeade9770]

Incinerated

[@nickgibb4687]

i use to do rotary kiln and ball mill work. its not recycling, it burning tires to produce more heat, not because they want to be green. and there are almost no pollutants because of air scrubbers.

[@mickeybinas]

Is there ground up Steel in the cement mixture?

[@barthill9578]

Dumb host

[@girander]

Nice control system screens showing FLSmidth Automation ECS system.

[@vidyadharjoshi5714]

The best use of worn tyres is "roadside barriers" The barriers currently being used are metal barriers. Putting used tyres would be great because they will lessen the impact and minimise damage. People can put the some tyres in their garages where they can prevent the garage walls just in case poeple mistakenly put their foot on accelerator.

[@seagreenspiral]

where about was this filmed

[@josephmehri9359]

Thank you so much

[@susancraik7587]

I actually liked this presentation and didn't mind Joel at all...it is just part of doing a show that he is animated...at least the tires add to the fuel/heat of the process and it looks like a clean burn. As they said it is just a small part of the total tires that are discarded...8 billion or so tires discarded a year in the world turns out to be a heck of a lot of tires..wondering which countries utilize this process..did find it odd that adults did not know what a quarry is though.

[@robertreznik9330]

How long will an auto tire last on the surface in sun light in Southern California?

[@mikemadsen4314]

smoke from tires can be abated. ashes have heavy metal in them. they go to a specific garbage dump that is lined.

[@RossABQ]

Some of it gets mixed into concrete used for roads

[@martinstreeworks3310]

Except here all residual tire ash is added directly into the cement powder

[@harryburford6629]

how do they make the insert that goes into a valve stem of a tube

[@austrorus]

good series. and they are using language that is also easy to understand for kids. just a fewer wows and that silly fun facts fun facts, and this will be a great series.

[@ryyydtyyd7405]

austrorus

[@ryyydtyyd7405]

austrorus

[@AVIMISTRYlifetwistsnturns]

Thank you Mr Green, i pledge to recycle > reduce > reuse

[@syapol54]

what has the cement clinker got to do with tire recycling?

[@zachdancy5828]

How about the concrete plants that open stacks at night to release smoke. I working at 1 that did so!

[@paulwilliams5208]

Who came here for "tire recycling" NOT mining

[@picobyte]

Digging old tires out of landfills!? The Netherlands has lots of old landfills and companies are seriously interested to mine those for materials.

[@ChuckD59]

I was watching without sound and wasn't going to say anything, but since you mention it, I thought I was going to learn about recycling tires.

[@rolandberube3062]

Picobyte

[@taunteratwill1787]

roland Bérubé Picobait

[@JungleYT]

I agree... Misleading title. The tires were more like FUEL for the production of cement.

[@MikeinWillowglen]

Joel seems like the kind of guy my sister would date and NO that is not meant as a compliment. It must be fun to be a mechanical engineer and design a plant like this. So much better than trying to bury tires.

[@user-yf6zz3cl8i]

I learned what a quarry was from the flintstones. These kids have no excuse

[@michaelmathis1961]

That is funny. There was a power plant near Wesley, California that burned tires until lightning set the pile of tires on fire and the government got involved and forced them to shut down. The people who ran the generation plant told me that the tires burned better than coal and put off less pollutants as well. The ash left and the metal were recycled. They had filters and scrubbers that passed the stringent EPA guidelines of California. I think all major cities should have at least one plant that burns used tires so they do not fill up the land fills.

[@gtcazusa]

This is a concrete factory and a mining operation, Joel. Quit fking asking me about tires.

[@jonhirst9679]

One thousand comedians out of work.

[@boblordylordyhowie]

They used old tyres they had shredded, to mix into a road surface on a steep hill to give more grip.

[@markfreedom8732]

What kind of steel is the kiln made of to withstand those constant temperatures.

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

+Mark Freedom It's lined with high temperature tiles.

[@garyhall867]

This guy is a real Flipper.

[@alimardani4195]

@3:54 obtaining or optaining?

[@rawadsakr5495]

good job, how can i make factory

[@wyrtwister4260]

Wonder what % of the fuel is supplied by the tires ? Interesting that they let the steel wire in the tires become part of the cement . Wonder if they could use solid waste / trash , also ? Wyr God bless

[@need100k]

Imagine 3 of those giant dump trucks fully loaded. Put them together and.... they fly. That's about the maximum takeoff weight of a fully loaded Airbus A380. Blows your mind.

[@vypr8846]

His immaturity takes from anything to be gained. Tire Recycling in a nutshell- We burn them.

[@RobertKohut]

Interesting!!

[@dskyy2001]

Communities have tire recycling days but not the greenie city of San Francisco.

[@oakroyal]

It’s a living!🤷🏼‍♂️

[@lrodriguez9315]

Damn the host looks like a recovering addict out of rehab .

[@judithfenske2311]

Yea! No more tires in the landfill! This is like “dirty job”. Thanks.

[@judithfenske2311]

Opps, not with this host.

[@orgorg239]

Awww, no explosion. Should have come back some other day for that.

[@SovereignTroll]

You have to make this long and arduous. Millennials don't know much and learn slowly.

[@sivodesilva9866]

So.you must have a lot off different cement's.?

[@bazra19]

I don't like music either, nice and quiet conversation makes for better viewing.

[@billfitzpatrick6910]

This was written for the special children

[@mikenewtonninja9379]

they're too busy licking windows to watch education videos, this video is to entertain the carers

[@aeroflopper]

you have spelt tyre wrong, how do you guys spell tire as in tiredness, to tire etc, and why you not extracting the oil back from them for use as diesel?

[@andrewk6717]

Pyrolysis

[@michaelthompson7432]

Damn!!!! 10 minutes to get to tire recycling

[@donalfinn4205]

TMAR Services Was thinking the same. Thank god we can fast forward.

[@lewisschrader8002]

How do scrap tires effect cement?

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

They add a little extra iron oxide to the clinker composition ^^

[@bigsmoke279]

This is so 90s , early 2000s

[@macarioviloria8497]

cement to mix with sand,gravel to make concrete and how about cement alone can't make a conrete?

[@brumbywal8432]

Burn the tyres and you get Ash (called fly ash) which is mixed with cement to make concrete, use fly ash you can cut back on cement but retain the strength of the concrete.

[@ShredderhotlineDanBurda]

SCRAP TIRES BACK INTO TIRES IS THE FUTURE AND SOMEDAY WE WILL ALSO RESPECT THE VALUE OF TIRES AND IN FACT THE VALUE OF CEMENT AND THE BTU INPUT NEEDED TO MAKE CEMENT....AS FEW OF US RESPECT THE VALUE OR COST OF BTU INPUT OR IN RESPECT TO TIRES THEIR REAL VALUE FOR RECYCLING...

[@albertcyphers1532]

I guess tire recycling fell in the quarry

[@thegrinch8161]

Even though it’s a potted version of the process it’s very interesting

[@Erik-dc7bo]

Huell Howser. a national treasure, has finally been replaced.

[@acmefixer1]

They will never replace Huell Howser! 👏

[@BlackWolf42-]

to get rid of old tires, you pitch them on the side of the road away from your home and while it's dark and nobody is around. Period

[@cristibaluta]

Can the concrete be recycled?

[@thomastrainsmore2010]

Nice

[@marconius101]

What happens to the hill after mining? What hill ?

[@picobyte]

It becomes A huge swimming pool :D At least The Netherlands is already flat.So we don't have that problem.

[@wehehe7094]

Where is the tire recycling part?

[@rosewhite---]

all that limestone was precipitated out of the hot water the gushed up out from under the Earth's crust at the start of The Flood 4,400 years ago.

[@zipcode619]

And who told you this?

[@rosewhite---]

Zip Code When you grow up come back and ask. I will be long dead by the time you reach teenage yeas.

[@rosewhite---]

Zip Code Typical childish response from a child with a child's inability to think or understand anything - keep watching the Simspons.

[@rosewhite---]

bigniper you are neither mature enough nor intelligent enough to understand but try ask a plumber why your home kettle and hot water pipes get scaled up with lime.

[@bigniper]

Because the lime stone is already dissolved in the water and precipitates out. Now ask me a Hard One

[@soularddave2]

Why aren't all kids taught this in Jr High School anymore? There's much more to it, but ALL of this can be taught in about 1/2 an hour. Answer to question below: The combustion of the tires is so complete that there is little ash, and it goes harmlessly into the cement, as does the coal ash. The steel belts are the necessary iron in the formula.They could also use scrap glass (bottles) for the silica in the formula.

[@christophertripp1303]

Do they buy old tires

[@onrr1726]

Some steel mills like Nucor melt tires down in their vats of steel when makeing high carbon steel products.

[@xtreemtrunks2113]

Why am I watching this at 4am

[@macsloan58]

So ....how is a tire recycled and what is done with the recycled tire? Not sure there is enough info in this video.

[@carmelpule6954]

Fascinating process but I can imagine how much oxygen from the air around us is used to get those incinerators up to those high temperatures. Sometimes I wonder if the trees we cut for wood and so we are losing our capacity to generate oxygen. Considering these cement factories, planes flying over our head. Power Stations , shipping ply our oceans............ I wager that the least oxygen is used by humans and animals and to consider that one engine in a Jumbo jet uses about two tons of oxygen per second............ our poor children will not have much oxygen to breath in their lungs.

[@nermalsturf]

this vieo should is 3 xs longer than it needs to be.