Advancing Sustainability Through Tire Recycling Innovations

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 3, 325 - 342, 30.09.2025

Nixon Poulose

https://doi.org/10.30939/ijastech..1655579

Abstract

This review examines the critical challenge of tire waste management, focusing on advance-ments in recycling technologies, their environmental impacts, and their contributions to sustainability. Tire waste has become a growing global concern because of the enormous volume generated each year and the long-lasting nature of rubber materials, which makes safe disposal extremely difficult. The paper provides a comprehensive analysis of current recycling methods, such as mechanical grinding, pyrolysis, and devulcanization, while highlighting their limita-tions in terms of energy consumption, operational costs, and material recovery efficiency. These traditional processes, though widely used, often struggle to balance environmental bene-fits with economic feasibility, which limits their large-scale application. Additionally, emerging innovations, including advanced material separation techniques, chemical processing routes, and integration into circular economy frameworks, are discussed for their potential to improve recycling yields and reduce environmental footprints. Such technologies represent a significant shift toward more sustainable practices, aiming to maximize material recovery and minimize waste. The review explores key metrics, such as greenhouse gas emissions, resource conserva-tion, and economic feasibility, to evaluate the effectiveness of various recycling technologies. By presenting comparative insights, the work highlights how different approaches can complement each other when adopted in a broader waste management system. By integrating insights from materials science, environmental engineering, and economic analysis, this work under-scores the importance of innovative strategies in tire recycling. The findings emphasize the need for continued research and policy support to overcome technical and market challenges, promote sustainable waste management practices, and establish a robust circular economy for end-of-life tires.

Keywords

End-0f Life Tires , Green manufacturing , Tire recycling , Waste management

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