Contractor’s Report
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Market Category/Sub-
Categories
Barriers
Alternative Daily Cover
Financial/Policy
– Other ADC materials are readily available but tire
ADC needs to be trucked in at a cost, unless a processor happens to
be co-located at a landfill, and used in greater amounts than
alternatives; requires prior CalRecycle and Local Enforcement Agency
approval and modification of landfill operating permit.
Technical
– ADC can be problematic to use; it often needs to be
mixed with other material, like dirt, to flow properly, and takes up
additional space in the landfill.
Civil Engineering
Transportation-Related
Applications
Financial/Policy
– Individual project sizes are relatively large and
irregular in timing, and as a result are disruptive to their routine
business operations, so that processors are hesitant to enter
marketplace as a supplier or invest in equipment to produce Type A
and B TDA. Regulatory issues related to storage of tires for large jobs
are also a barrier. Cost of transporting TDA long distances also
reduces its competitiveness with conventional aggregate, especially
when local supplies are adequate.
Other Recycling
Emerging Fuel/Energy
Technologies
Research/Technical
– Technologies such as devulcanization,
pyrolysis, gasification and others remain commercially unproven.
Policy
– Unresolved regulatory issues related to permitting of
emerging fuel/energy technologies.
Outreach/Financial
– Lack of information about emerging fuel/energy
technologies makes them difficult to implement/fund.
Export
Educational
– Lack of information/knowledge regarding export
regulations and how to export, especially when broker not used.
Regulatory
– Restrictions in China and potentially other countries on
waste tire imports.
Cross Category
All Ground Rubber and
Civil Engineering
Economic/Policy
– CalRecycle has announced that some funding for
the TDP grant program may be shifted to a pilot incentive program in
2014. Also, the reduction in the state tire fee scheduled for January,
2015 could significantly reduce funding for grants to purchasers of
these TDPs. This could potentially have a significant impact on
demand. No specific estimates or projections of the magnitude of such
impacts are currently available.
