TDF (Tire Derived Fuel)

This is Monitor’s base market. Monitor provides 1 and 2-inch chips for major power generation facilities. Shreds are normally blended in with coal and fed into the furnaces for steam generation.

Because tire shreds burn hotter than coal, they not only have less air emissions but the additional heat causes the coal to burn cleaner. Larger tire shreds are also marketed to various cement companies for use as primary fuel in their drying kilns.

CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS

Monitor Tire Disposal produces Engineered Aggregates for use as lightweight fill in road construction, landfill leaching fields, septic systems, sewer system leaching fields, and landfill top cover.

Because Waste Tire Engineered Aggregates are approximately three times lighter than commonly used backfills, such as crushed rock or gravel, they are the fill of choice for road construction in swampy areas or other sites where roads are prone to settling or mushrooming due to peculiar geological conditions. Tire aggregates have a very long life, allow good drainage, resist frost heaving in very cold climates, and compete very favorably in price with normal aggregates.

RESIDUALS

All residuals, such as tubes, rims, steel, etc., are sent to specific markets for further processing.

Inner tubes and certain truck tire liners are collected and sent to a tube processing company. Steel rims and aluminum rims are separated and sent to metal recyclers. Lead weights are removed from all rims and marketed separately to a lead processing firm.