Why & How To Start A Tire Recycling Business

1. Environment Protection
Rubber waste such as waste tire is called black pollution, it has strong heat resistance, mechanical resistance and degradation resistance, which will not be eliminated naturally for decades. It occupies a lot of land, and provides breeding ground for mosquitoes. Besides, it's also a factor for fire disaster. Obviously, recycling used tire is urgently needed nowadays.

2. Profit
Profit is the first thing one would consider before starting a new business, we can't blame him/her, because profit is the key factor to ensures one's business can keep running healthfully for a satisfying period.
To learn more about the profit of tire recycling business, you need to know the ways to recycle tires, and the "treasure boxes" during the recycling process. There are several ways to manage tire wastes:

1. Landfill
2. Decoration
3. Tire-based products
3. Tire retreading
4. Tire Pyrolysis
5. Tire Shredding

Landfills are one of the main methods to recycle scarp tires, but more and more countries advocate re-utilization of waste tires instead of putting them underneath their homelands. There are also many tire made products or toys, such as tire swing, tire baskets and tire shoes, etc, which consumes small amount of tires scraps, so does tire decorations.
Other ways to recycle large amount of tires are pyrolysis and pulverizing, former is to make tires into tire oil, steel wire and carbon black, latter is to make rubber, steel wire and nylon fiber out of waste tires.
Today we'll focus on the latter one - tire shredding. Tire shredding can be classified into four kinds of systems, depending on output rubber types, such as TDF (tire derived fuel), rubber mulch, rubber crumbs and rubber powder. You can also consider them into four stages, each higher stage requires more equipment.
Once you decided to start the tire recycling business, where will your "treasure" come from? Firstly, you can provide recycling services for people in need as a servicing center. In many countries, there are regulations forbidding people to toss their used tires away, or you can offer tire-cash exchange to attract more people with tires come to you. Secondly, you can simply sell the rubber powder and steels extracted from tires. It won't be hard to find buyers, since they are very widely used materials. Thirdly, you can use the rubber yourself, and make rubber products with higher value, like rubber tiles, rubber mats, reclaimed rubber, rubberized asphalt, etc.
Following, we will analyze the profit you will earn from a 1.5t/h rubber powder line (XKP Tire Recycling Line). Please check the chart below:

Profit Analysis of XKP-610 Tyre Recycling Plant (1mm rubber crumbs)
Daily Operating Cost
Items		Consumption/Day (8 hour)		Unit Price(USD)	Total (USD/day)
1	Material:	Tire	17 ton	70	1,190
2	Power:	Electricity	1264 kWh	0.15	190
3	Labors:	Person	3	15	45
4	Depreciation	40
5	Other Cost	20
Daily Gross Cost = 1+2+3+4+5					1,485
Daily Gross Profit
6	Rubber Crumbs (70%)	12 ton/day		250	3,000
7	Steel Wire (15%)	2.5 ton/day		200	500
Daily Gross Profit = 6+7					3,500
Daily Net Profit = Daily Gross Profit-Daily Cost					$2,015
Monthly Profit (22 working days)					$44,000+
Remark: This chart only indicates the estimated profit from selling rubber crumbs, if you use crumbs to make end products, the profit will higher (You can reclaim your investment in 4 MONTHS).

You can see it's very fast to get the investment back, ONLY IF you find the reliable tire recycling machine manufacturer, because the machine quality is the core of your business. You can contact our sales for a detailed business plan.

3. The Source of "Raw Material"
Even though the waste tires are a serious environment problem today, you still need to pay for the wastes, a surprise? Not so much, because many companies are actually collecting and selling the old tires (in some countries, the tires will be free). Here are some parties you can turn to:

1. Tire retailers

2. Taxi companies
3. Car rental firms
4. Bus service companies
5. Logistic agencies
6. Car repairing shops
7. Even landfill sites

However, you'll never need to worry about the original source, because there are so many cars driving on the road every day.
4. Tire Recycling Machines
Every tire recycling machines manufacturer has different designed tire recycling machines. Take HVST tire recycling machines for example, we have two types of tire recycling lines, XKP series and PLC series. Generally speaking, XKP series is more economic, its working principle is by grinding, while PLC series is more high-classed, the working principle is by cutting.

PLC SERIES TIRE RECYCLING LINE

Blocks/TDF (50-150mm)	Chips/mulch (10-30mm)	Granules/Crumbs (1-6mm)	Powder (≤20mesh)
1-2 t/h	0.7-1 t/h	0.3-1 t/h	Customized
3-5 t/h	1-1.5 t/h	1-1.5 t/h	Customized
6-8 t/h	1.5-3 t/h	1.5-3 t/h	Customized
7-10 t/h	3-6 t/h	3-6 t/h	Customized
Output size determines configuration, can reach 99.8% rubber purity. Larger capacity also can be customized.

XKP SERIES TIRE RECYCLING LINE

Types	Auto (5-40mesh)	Semi-Auto (5-40mesh)
XKP-350	150-300 kg/h	150-300 kg/h
XKP-400	300-600 kg/h	300-600 kg/h
XKP-450	400-800 kg/h	400-800 kg/h
XKP-560	500-1000 kg/h	500-1000 kg/h
XKP-610	1000-2000 kg/h
XKP-680	1500-3000 kg/h
The difference between semi-auto and full-auto is the primary shredding of tire. Sizes close to 5-40mesh also can be made

The production lines are very flexible and a little more complicated than it looks, the key parameters are the output size and capacity, it will be much easier to make a plan if you can provide more information, such as tire types, applications, budget, etc.

5. Working Site
Before or during purchase of tire recycling machines, you can prepare a right place for the project. The working site shouldn't just includes machines, but also a storage room for raw material and final products, sometime for semi-products as well. Also the flooring of the work site should be solid and even, it can't be soil land, because the machines needs to be fixed on the ground.
Fire-fighting equipment is mandatory, due to the flammability of tires.

6. Licenses and Permits
Find local organizations or environmental departments to get licenses before starting a tire recycling business, learn the policy and regulations in your region. Making sure your business is legal is always right.