Recycle old car wheels. How and where can you take tires for recycling for money in Russia?

Most of our compatriots still do not know the answer to this question.

And this is not surprising - environmental thinking is not instilled in our country, and the authorities do not pay much attention to the problem of waste disposal (although there are exceptions). Meanwhile, you must understand that you cannot simply throw tires into a vacant lot or into the forest. CATEGORICALLY. And not only because it is uncivilized. Remember - a car tire will decompose (and release harmful substances into the soil and atmosphere) for 100-120 years! That is, your great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren may suffer from a discarded tire...

Besides:

• Mosquitoes love to live in old tires (yes, the same ones that will bite you later). Rats also love old tire dumps.
• If a tire dump catches fire, the ground and air in the area instantly become poisoned.
• To make one tire for a passenger car, on average, 35 liters of oil are required.
• When recycling 1 ton of old tires, 600 kg of material is obtained, which can then be used to make new wheels.

And one more thing to think about. Every year, about 7 million tons of car tires fall into disrepair around the world. So - only 23% of them are recycled. Where do the rest go? They remain on the earth and pollute it (to say the least).

And here is an extract from the Russian “Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences” (Article 8.2). Failure to comply with environmental and sanitary-epidemiological requirements when handling production and consumption waste, substances that destroy the ozone layer, or other hazardous substances entails a fine on citizens in the amount of 1-2 thousand rubles; for officials - 10-30 thousand rubles; on persons carrying out entrepreneurial activity without forming a legal entity - 30-50 thousand rubles or suspension of activities for up to 90 days; on legal entities- 100-250 thousand rubles or suspension of activities for up to 90 days.

Paying for consciousness

Where to put the old “rubber”? Just 10-15 years ago, getting an answer to this question was not easy. But an investigation by Auto Mail.Ru showed that now in large Russian cities“Culturally” you can get rid of car tires without any problems. In most cases, however, it is not the state that should be thanked for this, but private business that builds recycling plants. There are several ways to get rid of tires, but in most cases they are converted into so-called crumb rubber. Which can then be used in the production of the same wheels. Rubber-bitumen mastics, special slabs for railway crossings, and paving slabs are also made from the crumbs. Do you like modern playgrounds with “soft” surfaces that protect kids from injury? They are also from “wheels”.

As a rule, city authorities do not pay attention to the problem of waste disposal. A pleasant exception is St. Petersburg. In the Northern capital there is a whole network of so-called “Ecomobiles” that accept old tires, batteries, batteries, and so on. And completely free. Five collection points are stationary, plus mobile “dumpsters” run around the city. In addition, in St. Petersburg you can take old tires to large retail chains that sell car wheels. Moreover, we repeat once again, in most cases they will be accepted absolutely free of charge.

There are no problems with getting rid of “rubber” in Moscow either - tires are accepted by more or less large sellers and “network” tire workshops. True, this is for money - for each wheel the owner will be asked for 50-100 rubles. Well, what do you want - this is Moscow, the capital... True, store employees assure that they do not make money from this (hard to believe), and they only take money for the “delivery” of old tires to the disposal site. And if you have studded tires, you will have to pay 150-200 rubles! It turns out that Russian tire processing plants really don’t like to accept studded wheels. Indeed, in this case, before disposal it is necessary... to remove all the “studs”. Manually.

As a matter of fact, the need to pay for recycling is what angers many motorists. Why, since I can throw them away completely free of charge? Alas, the Moscow authorities (unlike those in St. Petersburg) do not answer this question. Although the capital has its own “Ecomobiles”, which belong to the non-profit “Fund for Rational Use of Natural Resources”. But they come out for free only if you have accumulated at least a thousand (!) old tires, and besides, the reception is paid - 30 rubles per wheel (“tire loading by the customer”). You can, of course, come to the processing plant yourself (there are several of them in the Moscow region), but for most residents of the capital this is, to put it mildly, inconvenient. So all that remains is to appeal to the conscience of Moscow drivers, because throwing tires into a trash bin does not solve the problem of disposal.

“There really is a problem with recycling tires in Moscow. There are no clear statements regarding such disposal in the law. And now almost anyone can leave their tires in the middle of the road. And at best he will get off with a fine. A small part reaches the factories,” independent ecologist Nina Dolgikh told an Auto Mail.Ru correspondent.

But we hope the situation will change soon. “We have already adopted a law that introduces a number of mandatory payments allocated for disposal. As soon as the corresponding government decree is adopted, the cost of tires will also include the cost of disposal. AND specialized organizations who will recycle tires will receive money from the federal budget. In this case, self-regulation will arise. Everyone will start chasing tires. And we will calmly leave them at the point where they were exchanged for me, and the companies will pick them up. This is the optimal solution. I don’t see any point in increasing fines for throwing tires away. This is a dubious proposal. We should not impose additional fines, we should create conditions when it is profitable to take this tire,” said the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on natural resources Maxim Shingarkin.

Some of the collection points for old tires in Moscow:

SEAD
Shop-service in Zhulebino st. Privolnaya, 70, building 1
Shop-service in Vykhino st. Veshnyakovskaya, 20B (free recycling when purchasing wheels and tire fitting)

Company
Warehouse store on Mozhaiskoe highway st. Vitebskaya, 9
Shop-service on Rublevskoe highway st. Krylatskaya, 35

SZAO
Shop-service in Mitino st. Generala Beloborodova, building 40, building 2
Tire center in Tushino Pokhodny proezd, 1 (tire purchase possible)

NEAD
Shop-service on Yaroslavskoe highway Yaroslavskoe highway, 59
Tire center on Alekseevskaya Prospekt Mira, 95, building 4 (purchase of tires possible)
Tire center on Alekseevskaya street. Olminskogo, building 6 (tire purchase possible)

SAO
Shop-service on Leningradskoye Shosse st. Belomorskaya, 40
Shop-service on the street. Dubninskaya st. Dubninskaya, 83a, building 1
Shop-service on Altufevskoye highway Altufevskoye highway, 19

VAO
Shop-service on the street. Preobrazhensky Val st. Preobrazhensky Val, 25A

Collection points for old tires are located in most large cities. At the same time, the problem of accumulation of worn tires remains relevant due to the reluctance of car owners to pay money out of their own pockets for disposal. Many drivers are interested in the question: “Is it possible to sell old tires for money?”

In European countries it is possible to sell old tires for money. Russian processing centers are just introducing this innovation. Therefore, it is difficult, but possible, to find tire collection points where the driver will be paid a certain amount for worn-out tires.

Cash, offered for old products, are not very large - it is about two rubles per kilogram of tires, on average up to 80 rubles for four wheels. Of course, you won’t be able to get rich, but it is possible to get rid of worn-out tires and compensate for the costs of transporting them to the collection point.

The main disadvantage of these processing centers is that they buy up old car tires not on a permanent basis. You can find tire collection places using the Internet. Before visiting the company, we recommend that you first check the relevance of the information posted on the company’s website regarding the purchase of tires for money.

Caring for the environment

Old tires are waste that poses an environmental hazard. It will take more than a hundred years for the natural decomposition of worn-out products; in places where tires are burned, the soil does not bear fruit for about ten years.

Recycling tires makes it possible to obtain raw materials for the manufacture of roofing waterproofing materials, car mats, and so on. When processing tires, it produces rubber crumb, which has increased elasticity and resistance to mechanical stress, is used to make a large number of goods used in everyday life.

Of course, every car enthusiast will have to decide on what to do with old tires independently. The state and recycling plants cannot force motorists to hand over their worn-out products to collection points. At the same time, every person should take into account that discarded tires pose a threat to the environment. For example, tires left in the forest will burn for a very long time if a forest fire occurs. And the black smoke emitted by old tires during combustion will interfere with the operation of the firefighting helicopter. Tires can serve as a catalyst for the spread of fire: their combustion temperature is equal to the combustion temperature of charcoal.

Why do you have to pay extra?

Legislative framework Our country does not provide for the responsibility of manufacturers for the disposal of old tires. In simple words: The price for new tires does not include the cost of transporting worn-out products to recycling plants. For this reason, sometimes motorists have to hand over old tires and pay extra money. The cost of returning one wheel costs 50-100 rubles. You have to pay more for studded tires because the removal of the studs from the rubber is done manually before disposal. These funds are charged by auto repair shops and other collection points for transporting tires to the recycling plant.

Reception of old tires is carried out subject to the following rules:

• Products are delivered in beaded form: the tire must be removed from the rim;
• there should be no protruding cord (this condition is rare);
• tires without tubes are accepted;
• There should be no foreign inclusions on the surface of the tires - oil, bitumen.

Every day in our country dozens, or even hundreds of motorists exchange worn tires for new ones.

Old tires collect dust in the garage for a long time or are immediately thrown into a landfill as unnecessary.

The same fate often awaits rubber waste, gaskets, seals, and other rubber products.

There is no need to rush to throw away tires and rubber goods. They can be professionally recycled and breathe into them new life . In addition, you can get rid of used tires with a small income.

In this article we will give the addresses of rubber processing enterprises and tire collection points.

By crushing tires and rubber goods using special equipment, specialized enterprises obtain from them excellent raw materials for the further production of new tires, construction and household products.

Therefore, it is best to recycle old tires after changing tires.

Exists several parallel directions for the delivery of used rubber products, depending on the clients, their goals and needs, as well as on the receiving enterprise itself:

1. Free tire return.
2. Renting tires for money.
3. Delivery of tires with additional payment from the dealer himself.

Free admission

From the population and from enterprises with various shapes property reception is carried out worn tires, gaskets, cut automobile, motorcycle, bicycle tubes.

Many drivers are interested themselves, to free up space in your garage, the environmental situation has improved hometown, so we are ready to sell tires not only for money.

With remuneration: price of rubber per ton and piece

Sometimes the owners of processing enterprises pay for the delivered material in the form of small amounts of money. More serious waste tire collection points in Moscow accept raw materials at a set price.

The following tires are accepted from enterprises, organizations, private and individual entrepreneurs:

1. Studless car tires up to R22.5 – 4000 rubles per ton.
2. Studded tires and tires ranging in size from R22.5 to R28 – 6,000 rubles per ton.

Prices for tires for individuals:

In addition to paying for returned tires, many specialized car services offer a whole network of a wide variety of services:

• favorable discounts on the purchase of new tires;
• reduction in the cost of tire fitting services;
• out-of-turn service;
• free tire inflation at any time of the day.

We rent for a fee: how much will the client have to pay?

It happens differently.

Specialized tire companies and tire collection points have contracts, concluded with enterprises for deep processing of rubber raw materials.

Typically, these enterprises are always busy with work, since they have more than enough material.

Therefore, mini factories are reluctant to accept used tires from car owners.

Receiving points and tire shops are another matter.

When changing tires, they offer car owners to leave the removed tires with them for free, or pay a small fee for recycling.

In fact, this is payment for subsequent delivery of tires. It can fluctuate between 50-100 rubles. Then, on the basis of an agreement, all raw materials located on the territory of the tire shop are handed over to mini-factories for further processing.

Benefit for the car owner:

• you don’t need to waste your time and money searching for and delivering old tires to a collection point; in fact, their removal will be free;
• disposal of waste in a legal manner;
• caring about the environment and cleanliness of your area.

Where and how much should I submit it?

Processing rubber raw materials and rubber waste on an industrial scale is a complex and troublesome undertaking.

However, enterprising businessmen have long created one based on grinding, decomposition, and creating material for industrial needs.

After all, spent rubber goods are valuable raw materials which can be used effectively.

Where can you sell old tires for money?

Acceptance of tires and rubber goods is carried out by car services specializing in rubber processing, specialized enterprises in the country and mini-factories for its processing.

In only one Southern District There are five such collection points in the city of Moscow. There are twenty-eight of them in all of Moscow. In the region, there are more than 80 officially registered factories processing rubber waste.

How much are old tires accepted? Price per 1 kg, ton or piece of accepted rubber tires depends on wheel size.

Sizes up to R22.5 are paid at 4 rubles per 1 kilogram. For wheels ranging in size from R22.5 to R28 they pay 6 rubles per 1 kilogram.

The rules for accepting rubber state that when handing over the products, they must be clean, washed, without oil traces or foreign inclusions.

Where else can you buy used tires?

There are countless options for using removed worn tires other than taking them to special recycling centers for money.

Often craftsmen make benches from them to sit near the entrance or in their yard.

“Bald” tires make excellent flowerpots if you fill them with soil.

Summer residents use tires to grow cucumbers and other vegetables by burying them in the ground. They are good retain moisture in their cavities.

You often see original fences around private properties, made in the form of stacks of wheels.

Used tires are used to make various crafts in the form of swans with long necks, which are then painted. Used tires are cut along the entire diameter and make excellent drinkers for poultry and livestock.

Tires from the MTZ tractor are the ideal raw material for creating.

These are just a few of the options for where you can dispose of old tires and waste in the form of worn out wheels.

conclusions

In all developed world countries, the movement for recycling rubber goods, tires, and other waste has been launched. No civilized person would allow himself to throw a used tire, oil filter, or wrapping paper into the bushes.

Russia belongs to the developed civilized countries. Because purity environment comes first for us. By handing over used tires for recycling, we protect our environment from pollution.

After reading the article, you found out where you can take old used car tires and rubber for recycling for free or for money and at what price.

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