All you have to do is an internet search for the key words baled scrap tires,scrap tires baled, scrap tires for export or wanted scrap tires or wanted baled scrap tires and you will find it returns millions of results.
The scrap tire for export boom began on the west coast of the U S but has quickly spread to the east coast as well. Some in the scrap tire and tire recycling industry are worried it has affected used tire casing sales for retreading as well as created a shift in how scrap tires are disposed and who controls the custody of the tire from cradle to grave.
Who are these importers and import brokers who want these American Scrap Tires so bad they are exporting them back to Asia for tire Derived fuel? Supposedly the excess of empty shipping containers and cheap ocean freight from US ports back to Asia specifically China who appears to be the ultimate buyer and user of the scrap tires being exported,even though they appear to be arriving through Viet Nam. so why is Viet Nam the back Door for the Chinese if they are using the scrap for TDF????
What is the Big Secret,Why so many Brokers? Sometimes the amount of emails we receive at usedtires.com for baled scrap tires almost makes it seem like the NIGERIAN BANKER SCHEME BUT THERE ARE BUYERS AND EXPORTERS TRANSPORTING MAJOR TONNAGE OF AMERICAN SCRAP TIRES TO ASIA.APPEARS SCRAP IS OUR BIGGEST EXPORT.