Florida Tire Recycling, Inc. :: providing environmental solutions

Florida Tire Recycling, Inc. is the leading provider of environmental solutions for the tire industry. FTR is the preeminent single source supplier of Closed Loop Scrap Tire and waste Rubber Product Solutions – from post-industrial and post-consumer scrap tire and rubber materials collection, sorting, and separation, to shredding and size classification and finally to the leading manufacturer of highly engineered crumb rubber and rubber powders that are produced from recycled materials and incorporated into various industrial applications. The Company’s crumb rubber (5 to 30 mesh) and rubber powders (30 to 40 mesh) are created by recycling industrial waste rubber using proprietary ambient and cryogenic technologies and are used as feedstock for ultra-fine processing as well as a raw material in a number of products from mats to rubberized flooring and to asphalt sealants. FTR is the first and only Company in the world that has totally integrated material collection and technology to produce crumb rubber and rubber powders cost effectively and at commercial volumes employing its unique Closed Loop format.

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HOW MUCH CRUMB RUBBER POWDER DOES FTR PRODUCE?

FTR can produce more than 150 million pounds of coarse rubber powders (5 to 40 mesh).

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WHAT ARE THE APPLICATIONS FOR CRUMB RUBBER POWDER?

• Tire derived Fuel (TDF)

• Asphalt and Construction Applications

• Mats and Flooring

• Mulch and Landscaping Products

• Tires and tire re-treads

• Rubber Molded Goods

• Plastics

• Paints, Coatings and Sealants

• Roofing Materials and Building Products

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HOW DOES FTR’S PROCESS WORK?

FTR’s operation is a unique, three-phase progression process. The Company produces three different products that are extracted at different points through the material flow. Each stage of production reduces the size of material inputs (at the front end whole tires), and performs some degree of separation of material components (rubber, steel, fiber). At each production phase, material can be diverted to multiple downstream processing options, providing unlimited flexibility among FTR’s finished product mix. This unique ability allows FTR to manage its production output to exactly match customer demand or margin opportunity at any given time.

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HOW MANY SCRAP TIRES DOES FTR COLLECT AND RECYCLE?

FTR collects and recycles over 6 million tires per year. These tires are diverted from landfills and are converted into crumb rubber powder to be reused and recovered in beneficial use applications.

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DOES FTR’S BUSINESS GENERATE OTHER ECONOMIC BENEFITS?

Yes, in addition to utilizing recycled scrap tire material, FTR’s business generates other economic and environmental benefits.

• By using FTR’s crumb rubber powder at 90 percent loadings, mat companies can save the equivalent of approximately 4 gallons of oil for every mat produced.

• In addition to reducing fossil fuel dependency, FTR’s recycled crumb rubber powder protects the environment from the air and water pollution associated with its use in athletic fields and running tracks.

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WHAT WASTE DOES FTR PRODUCE AT ITS PLANT?

FTR’s process does not produce any industrial waste or hazardous by-products – ZERO WASTE.

FTR’s process is environmentally-friendly and produces only rubber, steel and fiber – 100% recycling.

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HOW IS QUALITY CONTROLLED AT FTR?

FTR is in the processes of implementing and applying for its certification of both its quality (ISO 9001) and environment (ISO 14001) systems by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO). The Company’s products are registered under the European REACH initiative and therefore eligible for international export.

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HOW DID FTR GET STARTED AND WHO RUNS THE COMPANY?

Florida Tire Recycling, Inc. is a privately held environmental solutions company headquartered in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The Company was founded in 1988 by Jack Wilson, the Company’s CEO, and has grown to be the sixth largest tire recycling operation in the United States. In 2008, Jack Wilson partnered with Anthony Cialone, an expert in cryogenic fine grinding of rubber and other materials.

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