USTMA ELT Report

The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association released our 16th End-of-Life Tire Management Report on October 24, 2024. This biannual report highlights the latest market insights, trends, and opportunities for advancing sustainable and circular end-use markets.

USTMA members share a common vision of sustainability which includes: Promoting tire safety; advancing worker safety; reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout a tire’s useful life; improving environmental footprints over time; minimizing the health, and ecological impacts of tire materials; and ensuring end-of-life tires enter sustainable markets. ​

Specifically, USTMA members share the goal that all ELTs enter sustainable and circular end-use markets. ​Our 2023 End-of-Life Tire Market Summary Report measures our progress toward meeting our sustainability vision. 

By the Numbers: The 2023 End-of-Life Tires Management Report  

• 79%ELTs consumed by end-use markets
• 10.5% increase in overall utilization of ELTs

2023 End Use Rates for Common Materials​

End-of-life tires remain one of the most recycled and reclaimed consumer products with 79% going to beneficial end use markets.  ELTs are recycled and reclaimed more than metal, glass, aluminum, plastic, and paper. ​

U.S. ELT Disposition 2023​

Recycling end-of-life tires into ground rubber consumed about 28% of end-of-life tires.  ​A large variety of smaller markets that were combined for this report consumed 14% of end-of-life tires. Moreover, ​the largest market for end-of-life tires returned to Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) in 2023 with a nearly 11% increase in the TDF market. ​

Rubber Modified Asphalt (RMA)

Since 2021, Rubber Modified Asphalt, a key use of ground rubber, has consumed 165,000 tons of ELTs, representing a 17% increase.  This significant growth underscores RMA as a cost-effective, durable solution for U.S. infrastructure. 

U.S. Ground Rubber Market Distribution 2015 - 2023

Download the USTMA’s 2023 End-of-Life Tire Management Report here » GO.

https://www.ustires.org/2023-elt-tire-report-page

Learn More:

• Tire Pyrolysis Recycling Projects
• Recovered Carbon Black Applications
• Pyrolysis Oil Production
• Retreading and Circular Tyre Manufacturing
• Crumb Rubberized Asphalt Paving
• Circular rCB India (MCL)
• Sustainable rCB India (GBE)
• Feasibility Studies

Turn End-of-Life Tire Data Into Action

With 79% of U.S. end-of-life tires consumed by end-use markets and TDF again the largest outlet, higher-value circular routes remain underdeveloped.

Klean Industries upgrades tire recycling beyond fuel-burning to recover rCB, pyrolysis oil, and steel at commercial scale.

Why Choose Klean Industries’ Tire Pyrolysis Technology?

Recover rCB, pyrolysis oil, and steel from end-of-life tires.
Move beyond TDF toward higher-value material recovery.
Support RMA and ground-rubber markets with clean feedstock.
De-risk with feasibility studies and turn-key EPC.

Ready to unlock more value than burning tires for fuel?

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