Riverton: What to do with old tires?

[Peasie]

LOCAL Government Minister Noel Arscott says tyres dumped at the Riverton disposal site will be removed as part of measures to minimise future fires."That will make it less likely for a fire of the magnitude we have had in the recent weeks," Arscott told the opening of a workshop at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Thursday. However, the minister did not say where used tyres would be dumped.

The fire, which started on March 11 in a section of the disposal site reserved for tyres, is believed to have been deliberately set by arsonists.

Minister Arscott said that post-extinguishing activities at the facility were continuing with more than 90 per cent of the site covered. He commended the key agencies responsible for extinguishing the blaze at the disposal site and noted that even though it took several days, it was undertaken in "record time", given its magnitude. "We were able to collaborate with private sector companies such as China Harbour, the bauxite companies, private truck and tractor owners and operators. The collective effort that we were able to mobilise placed us in a better position to bring this matter under control," he said.

The post-extinguishing process involves physical search of the area to identify hot spots, and application of water and/or soil to these areas. The two-day workshop, organised by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, was aimed at stimulating discussion relevant to building a culture of disaster preparedness and response in small states.

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[RichD]

they should grind them up and add to the asphalt for paving roads

[Peasie]

2011 Jamaica Cannot be Dumping Ground for Old Tyres

2012 US Company to Establish Tyre Recycling Plant in Ja.

2014 St. Ann Businessman Sets Up Tyre Recycling Operation

2015 Jamaica Rubber Products Company

[MsExced]

Or give them away to be used as planters

[RichD]

Or give them away to be used as planters

too many

dem sey is over a million a year discarded

[Wahalla]

Mek shupata like mi gran parents...

[Blackstar*]

Sweden buys non-recyclable waste to fuel its heating and electricity needs. Jamaica should either use its waste for the same purpose or sell it to Sweden.

[Peasie]

Mek shupata like mi gran parents...

what name soh?

[Peasie]

Sweden buys non-recyclable waste to fuel its heating and electricity needs. Jamaica should either use its waste for the same purpose or sell it to Sweden.

Yes. Apparently the company, Jamaica Rubber Products, has this in mind.

The recycling process, as he explains it to the Financial Gleaner, will begin with de-beading or removal of all the wires from the tyre. The tyre is then placed on a conveyor belt and taken through the various stages of grinding and sifting, with the end product being rubber powder of varying sizes.

SKDP, he says, has got approval from the National Environment and Planning Agency to store the old tyres at the Jamaica Rubber Products recycling plant, which will operate from the same location as its parent.
Philibert declined to speak to the plant's tyre-crushing capacity, and the business' earning potential.

SKDP will export "approximately 15 to 20 per cent" of the rubber powder it produces with the remainder targeted for sale as raw material for the manufacture of other value-added products, including as inputs for construction materials. The latter ambition requires winning over road builders and engineers.

"We will look at how rubber crumbs may be used in asphalt as a means of improving the quality of our roads, the production quality of, and maintenance or repairs of our roads," Philibert said.

Crumb rubber may be incorporated in asphalt mix to create more durable roads and reduce the noise level, especially in school and hospital zones, the SKDP head explained.
He is pushing, "with the assistance of Government", for industry acceptance of rubber crumbs as a standard in the asphalt mix for all roads throughout Jamaica.

[Wahalla]

what name soh?

Shupata....it is a slipper / shoe made from tyres.....decades sine I seen one.. But there us a designer house out of Ethiopia that does it and won awards in sustainable development and design.proves how far ahead our concept s were before we followed fashion....