TDP Catalog

Market Category/Sub- Categories

Barriers

Alternative Daily Cover

Financial/Policy – Other ADC materials are readily available but tire ADC needs to be trucked in at a cost, unless a processor happens to be co-located at a landfill, and used in greater amounts than alternatives; requires prior CalRecycle and Local Enforcement Agency approval and modification of landfill operating permit. Technical – ADC can be problematic to use; it often needs to be mixed with other material, like dirt, to flow properly, and takes up additional space in the landfill. Financial/Policy – Individual project sizes are relatively large and irregular in timing, and as a result are disruptive to their routine business operations, so that processors are hesitant to enter marketplace as a supplier or invest in equipment to produce Type A and B TDA. Regulatory issues related to storage of tires for large jobs are also a barrier. Cost of transporting TDA long distances also reduces its competitiveness with conventional aggregate, especially when local supplies are adequate. Research/Technical – Technologies such as devulcanization, pyrolysis, gasification and others remain commercially unproven. Policy – Unresolved regulatory issues related to permitting of emerging fuel/energy technologies. Outreach/Financial – Lack of information about emerging fuel/energy technologies makes them difficult to implement/fund.

Civil Engineering

Transportation-Related Applications

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Other Recycling

Emerging Fuel/Energy Technologies

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Export

Educational – Lack of information/knowledge regarding export regulations and how to export, especially when broker not used. Regulatory – Restrictions in China and potentially other countries on waste tire imports.

Cross Category

Economic/Policy – CalRecycle has announced that some funding for the TDP grant program may be shifted to a pilot incentive program in 2014. Also, the reduction in the state tire fee scheduled for January, 2015 could significantly reduce funding for grants to purchasers of these TDPs. This could potentially have a significant impact on demand. No specific estimates or projections of the magnitude of such impacts are currently available.

All Ground Rubber and Civil Engineering

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Contractor’s Report to CalRecycle

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