A Study of Waste Tire’s Material Flow Analysis and Reuse Development

• Main Authors: Meng-De Wu, 吳孟德
• Other Authors: 張添晉
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zyq3g9

碩士 === 國立臺北科技大學 === 環境工程與管理研究所 === 99 === The density of motor vehicles in Taiwan is higher than other countries. According to statistics, the amount of waste tires generated 10 million tons each year in Taiwan. The disposal of waste tires has become an urgent environmental problem. At the same time, waste tire’s material reuse development needs depth discussion necessary because of the international trend of environmental sustainability. Therefore, it is an important issue to investigate the fate and material reuse development of waste tire. This study uses material flow analysis (MFA) to investigate waste tires, and we focus on two parts of radial tires: cars (15 inches to 19 inches) and trucks (20 inches to 23 inches). Our data collections are from three government organizations including Taiwan Environment Protection Administration, Directorate General of Customs, and Bureau of Foreign Trade. According to the results of MFA, the manufacture and import volume of radial tires for cars and trucks were 97,972 ton/y and 40,480 ton/y ; the export volume were 75,018 ton/y and 11,195 ton/y in 2009. According to the statistics of tire’s lifespan and proportion of sales volume, waste tire’s volume accounted about 31,194 ton/y and 6,884 ton/y in 2009. According to the mass balance formula, we can estimate the unknown flow in this system. The result show that the volume of radial tires for cars and trucks were 10,240 ton/ y and 1,451 ton/y in 2009. We conjectured that the unknown flow was used tire market in Taiwan. According to the results of Taiwan waste tires made from material flow analysis, we make an attempt to enhance the waste tire’s material reuse development and try to provide practical strategies from the administration, waste recycling, and market trends. In conclusion, we hope this study can take a step in the direction of environmental sustainable development and resource recycling.