Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members are reviewing an industrial firm’s modified proposal for new zoning regulations, which would potentially allow it to handle and process scrap tires at an industrial building on High Bridge Road. The P&Z held a public hearing on January 15 on MAAK Environmental Corporation’s regulatory proposal for new zoning rules, … Read more
Burning tires, coal mining by-products and trash can be called many things. But what they shouldn’t be called, environmentalists say, is renewable energy because they often emit harmful toxins. However, a bill by state Rep. Aric Nesbitt, R-Lawton, seeks that designation for the burning of a variety of such waste products for energy production. Under … Read more
he recovery of energy and materials from used tyres is big business. According to a report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, in 2008 around one billion End-of-Life Tyres (ELTs) were being produced globally each year. A further four billion were estimated to be held in stockpiles and landfills. Around the world it … Read more
Everything tends to be bigger in Texas, and that’s particularly true of what’s being called by its operator the world’s largest tire recycling plant, which opened recently in Houston. Texas residents probably don’t spend much time considering what happens to the millions of worn-out car and truck tires that are discarded throughout the state each … Read more
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are aiming are advocating tyre pyrolysis as a way of recovering carbon black for use as a graphite substitute in lithium-ion batteries. The goal is to scale up the recovery process and demonstrate applications as anodes for lithium-ion batteries in large-format “pouch cells”. These … Read more