Scrap Tire News

4 • STN June 2013 Visit us on the Web: www.scraptirenews.com 1 Year Subscription rates: United States, 1 year $118 ; Canada, $130; Foreign, $140; Digital $98 in U.S. Currency by U.S. bank draft or international money order. Single copies and back issues available. Scrap Tire News covers the news and developments in the scrap tire and scrap rubber recycling industry. Other publications include: The Scrap Tire & Rubber Users Directory; State, Management Scrap Tire Programs, and Scrap Tire News Online. Scrap Tire News is published monthly by Recycling Research Institute a Virginia firm not affiliated with a trade association or other organization. Copyright © 2013 Recycling Research Institute, all rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without permission is prohibited. Publisher/Editor: Mary B. Sikora mary@scraptirenews.com Subscription Manager: Helen M. Bedrin sales@scraptirenews.com Editorial Assistant: Rachel Clark Advertising Manager: Michael Sikora mike@scraptirenews.com Production Manager: Amy D. Heath Special Projects Manager Sidney Lindner Production and Design: JASE Design Company Printed on recycled paper. Editorial and Circulation Office: Recycling Research Institute 215 Davis Avenue, S.W. P.O. Box 4430 Leesburg, VA 20177 (571) 258-0500 FAX: (571) 258-0502 Advertising Sales Office: P.O. Box 2221 Merrifield, VA 22116 (571) 258-0500 FAX: (571) 258-0502 • SHREDDERS • KNIVES, SPACERS & FINGERS • GRANULATORS • • SHEAR BLADES • Specializing in the re-building, sharpening and sales of industrial machine knives for tire recycling and other related industries. Our Mission To supply customers with the highest quality of workmanship and technical advice/support, and to stay on the cutting edge of technological advances in the maintenance of industrial knife tooling. Shredder Knives PG-1™ hard face: Molybdenum-tungsten high-speed tool steel resulting in a cutting edge hardness of 62+Rc. Tolerances: (+/-.0005”) in thickness, or customer specs. Turn-around: 3 weeks, unless otherwise specified. Granulators & Shear Blades Granulator Tolerances: Rotors match ground to (+/-.0015”). Beds ground to (+/-.0015”). Shear Blade Tolerances: Ground within .003” from end-to-end. No variation greater than .001” within any 12” length. Turn-around: 2 days in shop. Same day service is available upon request. Precision Grinding & Sharpening 19 EMS C23 Lane, Warsaw, IN 46582 Ph: (800) 442.7478 • (574) 268.1620 Fax: (574) 268.1693 “Sharpening is our specialty... not a sideline.” Tires for Trees Memphis,TN-based Del-Nat Tire Corp.'s team of volunteers collected 832 discarded tires in a May 11 cleanup headed by the Memphis City Beautiful Commission and Shelby County government. Del-Nat donated $1 toward the purchase of tires for each tire collected in neighbor- hoods, business and industrial areas in South Memphis. Del-Nat President Jim Mayfield called the "Tires for Trees" initiative "a perfect way for Del-Nat to contribute and help beautify our community. You could say we're complet- ing the cycle, from delivering new tires to properly disposing the used ones," he said. The donated trees will be planted during the fall in areas selected by Memphis City Beautiful. The collected tires were recycled by Pitts- burgh-based Liberty Tire Recycling, accord- ing to Del-Nat. u Del-Nat Tire volunteers help beautify city Pathway Polymers Offers Industry Report Pathway Polymers Inc. recently published a white paper on "sustainability in the tire industry," dealing in part with improperly disposed scrap tires. The report--" Sustainability in the Tire In- dustry: Sustainable Development Through Tire Flatproofing Technology "-- covers the problem of improper scrap tire disposal, its effects, and the solution offered by Pathway Polymers through its patented AutoFil Recycler System, according to the Chat- tanooga, TN-based company. Pathway Polymers described the white paper, which includes research, statistics and analysis, as a potential sales tool "because tire manufac- turers, distributors and retailers are always looking to increase their sustainable devel- opment," the company added. Pathway Polymers claims that since 2005 its technology "has prevented approximately 80 million pounds, or the equivalent of 3.9 million tires, from being dumped into land- fills." u