Where can I get Scrap Tires to use in a project?
 

SC Regional Processors Grouped By State

Supplier	Contact	Phone	Fax	Address
FLORIDA
Alabama Tire Company	Rob Czukor	954-521-6040	954-389-4477	P.O. Box 290034 Davie, FL 33329
American Rubber Technologies	Tiffany Hughes	904-786-5200	904-786-1060	302 N. Lane Ave. Jacksonville, FL  32254
B & D Recycling, Inc.	Byron Edwards	863-763-6969		1501 NW 25th Dr. Okeechobee, FL 34972
Florida Tire Recycling, Inc.	David L. Quarterson	561-465-0477	561-489-2124	9675 Range Line Road Port St. Lucie, FL 34987
Geotech Rubber, Inc.	Michael W. Spradlin	352-787-5897	352-787-9696	P.O. Drawer 491356 Leesburg, FL 34749
Global Tire Recycling	R. Brian Fifer	352-330-2213	352-330-2214	1201 Industrial Drive Wildwood, FL  34785
Modern Tire Recycling Inc. of Florida	Douglas Johnson	941-495-6660	941-495-9906	24278 Production Circle Bonita Springs, FL 34135
Rubber Impact Technologies, Inc.	Kevin Bagnall	877-738-0230 813-635-0545	813-635-0546	P.O. Box 79127  Tampa, FL 33619
Tire and Rubber Recyclers, Inc.	David Squier	954-782-7355 352-291-2724	352-291-2778	P.O. Box 771388 Ocala, FL 34477
Waste Management	Plant Manager	954-977-9551,  ext 21	954-973-6062	3000 NW 48th St. Pompano Beach, FL 33073
GEORGIA
FMC's Rubber Reclamation Center, Inc.	Daniel Johnson	912-437-5945	912-437-5946	P.O. Box 2643 Darien GA, 31305
GreenMan Technologies of Georgia, Inc.	Gary Bryant	800-732-6678	770-775-4304	138 Sherrel Avenue Jackson, GA 30233
Rubber Wholesalers	Terry Harris	706-334-2331	706-334-2403	P.O. Box 128 Ranger, GA 30734-0128
Specialty Rubber Recycling, Inc.	Phil Lackey	912-836-3901	912-836-4145	P.O. Box 2509 Roberta, GA 31078
Waste Recovery, Inc.	Lee Jackson	404-355-0547	404-355-0285	1593 Huber Street Atlanta, GA 30318
MISSISSIPPI
Rouse Polymerics International, Inc.	Alan Moreland	601-636-7141	601-636-1181	P.O. Box 820369 Vicksburg, MS 39182-0369
Tire Disposal Industries	Wallace Clifford, Jr.	228-832-0749	228-831-0586	19061 Shaw Rd. Saucier, MS 39574
Tire Technology, Inc.	Tom Root	601-949-6900	601-949-6901	2845 Meter Rd. Jackson, MS 39204-5917
NORTH CAROLINA
Tire Disposal & Recycling Service	Sandy Wooten	704-843-4643	704-843-2903	P.O. Box 987 Waxhaw, NC 28173
Tires Into Recycled Energy & Supplies (TIRES)	David Forrester	336-784-0390	336-784-0106	617 Waughtown St., Bldg 300 Winston-Salem, NC 27017
U.S. Tire Recycling Partners, L.P.	Scott Flowler	704-784-1210	704-784-4716	6322 Poplar Tent Road Concord, NC 28027
SOUTH CAROLINA
Anderson Tire Recycling	Doug Proctor	864-296-8405		3520 Old Abbeville Hwy Anderson, SC 29604
Cross Country Recycling	Don McLemore	803-622-8450		P.O. Box 291 Cross, SC  29436
Phoenix Recycling	Rick Moore	843-696-3795	843-851-3999	360 West Church St. Batesburg, SC 29006
Recovery Technologies Group	Ted Burnhardt Dante Caprio	(843) 761-2214 (732) 616-4273		1620 Cypress Gardens Road Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Ridge Recyclers, Inc.	Mike Reinhart Larry Lange	803-275-5111	803-275-5119	P.O. Box 568 Johnston, SC 29832
Southern Tire Reclamation	Danny Gouge	864-848-0820		300 S. Buncombe Road Greer, SC

Please Note:  This list represents a selection of tire processors located within the Southeast. ARTS does not endorse any of the above listed suppliers and provides this information as a courtesy.  If you would like to be included in this list, please contact ARTS. For a complete list of all tire processors in South Carolina, contact DHEC at 803-896-4221.

What is Aggregate?
Aggregate is any hard, mineral material such as gravel, crushed stone, sand, slag, etc.

What is Asphalt Binder?
Asphalt Binder, also known as Asphalt Cement, is a refined brown to black cementitious material that is used widely in the paving industry.  It is a semi-solid at room temperature and a liquid at hotter temperatures. 

What is Hot Mix Asphalt?
Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) is a combination of aggregates and asphalt binder used as a paving material.

What is Rubberized Asphalt?
Rubberized Asphalt is a broad term to describe Hot Mix Asphalt that contains recycled rubber.  This recycled rubber can be introduced into the Hot Mix Asphalt by either blending it into the hot liquid asphalt cement (Wet Process) or by blending it in with the stone (Dry Process).

What is Crumb Rubber Modifier?
Crumb Rubber Modifier is the term used to describe ground waste tire rubber used in Hot Mix Asphalt and other paving applications.

What is meant by “Wet Process” and “Dry Process”?
The terms “Wet Process” and “Dry Process” both refer to methods of introducing recycled rubber into Hot Mix Asphalt.

• The “Wet Process” requires that a finely ground rubber be blended into the hot, liquid asphalt cement prior to the asphalt cement being mixed with aggregate.
• The “Dry Process” requires that a slightly coarser ground rubber be mixed in to the aggregate prior to the asphalt cement being introduced.

What are the reported advantages of using rubber in asphalt?

• The number of waste tires can be reduced 
• Asphalt pavements containing rubber are more flexible under heavy loads, which results in fewer cracking and durability problems. 
• It has also been observed that asphalt containing rubber is more resistant to cold weather cracking and more resistant to warm weather rutting.

Besides using it in asphalt, how can waste rubber be recycled?
Asphalt-Rubber can be:

• used as a crack filler for pavements
• sprayed onto pavements as a seal coat 
• sprayed onto pavements and covered with aggregate to be used as a surface treatment (Stress Absorbing Membrane Interlayer, aka SAMI, and Asphalt Rubber Membrane Interlayer, aka ARMI, are both examples of this)

• used as fill in septic tanks
• used as fill for embankments