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In the building and infrastructure materials sector, there is much discussion about the value, quality, and features of the material.
In fact, the value is the measure of demand and uniqueness of any particular material. One of the first measures is the availability of the raw material in nature, to which other measures are added, such as production technologies, in terms of complexity and time, traditions and cultural perceptions. Whereas stones, rocks and other mined material are natural resources and are the critical mass used in the sector, the raw material for the building and infrastructure sector can also be produced from complex industrial materials, such as used vehicle tires, which are shredded to produce qualitative rubber powders.
In many countries around the world, there is a thriving tire recycling industry.
The common recycling outputs are rubber powder for the rubber industry; rubber floor tiles for playgrounds; use of tires as fuel alternatives; and the addition of crumb rubber to asphalt, to create noise reducing pavement material (rubberized asphalt). According to the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection, recycling tires is preferable to their burial in landfills, considering both the preservation of natural rubber resources and the reduction of burial volumes in landfills, since then there is a shortage of landfill volumes in Israel.
Presently, the main problem in the Israeli tire recycling market is the low domestic demand for qualitative uses of recycled rubber from locally sourced tires.
Although the demand is low, there are some striving to promote the tire recycling industry and generate demand, effort to amend this market failure. For instance, Termokir has been marketing a mixture for acoustic insulation, to be applied directly onto concrete beneath the flooring of residential buildings, produced from a substance made of resin, cement, graded aggregates and special additives, that also comprises approximately 60% recycled materials (tires).
In September 2018, an information meeting will be held regarding the call for proposals published by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, offering facilitation for the acquisition of recycled tire rubber for qualitative uses. Find the link below.
Musings from the Sandbox | Misc. and Links
- Something borrowed | This post was inspired by Eli Cohen, CEO of Termokir
- Hand in hand | A new union of users (link to Hebrew article) is being established in collaboration between the Israel Innovation Authority and the Manufacturers Association, promoting an initiative to generate alternative solutions for lacking raw materials by means of recycling construction waste. Worth following up on.
- Rolling, Rolling, Rolling | Call for proposals no. 9381 to facilitate the acquisition of recycled tire rubber for qualitative uses (and an information meeting to be held on Thursday, September 13, 2018, in Tel Aviv) – details and registration via this link (Hebrew).
Something new | Shana Tova RecycleCity! Happy Cities, cyclical and recycling New Hebrew Year!
Welcome!
I am pleased to welcome you to my RecycleCity blog, its name incorporates the words: Recycle; from which also emanates the circularity of Cycle; and naturally City.
I invite you to read my posts, in which I express my love of the materials that the Israeli city is being constructed with; and discuss urbanism, reuse, recycling, and circularity.
My blog posts will observe, contact and document raw material relevant for urban construction. I will share lectures, tours, research and publications from Israel and from around the world that will shed a light toward the understanding of raw materials for the future development of buildings and infrastructure in Israel.
You can read more about me and this blog in my first blog post, available via this link.
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