the first tire recycling plant is disused Opens - GreenUr
Thursday 5 May, the first and only authorized recycling used tires in Uruguay plant opened, GreenUr.The plant is key to advancing the implementation of Decree 358/15 on Management of tires out of use for what is working with importers, traders tires as part of their management plans and DINAMA regarding authority (Source El Observador, 05/15/16)
Bitafal Group since we collaborated in sharing knowledge about the use of crumb rubber in asphalt modification, both in the technical specifications of the powder and the advantages that it confers on asphalts.
We are currently working on the realization of a stretch on a national route BITAFLEX AMC 50 to verify the technical and economic advantages that the use of this technology provides.
The recycling plant is in a first stage of chopped "thick" (5 x 5 cm approximately) and can process up to four tons of tires per hour. This coarse material is easier and cheaper to carry and has good conditions for use as fuel in cement or as a first step in a process of grinding crumb rubber.
Is expected to end of the year comes another batch of crushing equipment to achieve reach the required particle size for use in modifying asphalts.The plant capacity expected to reach two million tires per year, which would consume the tires entering the country and slowly consume the existing environmental liabilities.
