A Caltrans marching band? Caltrans engineers appear to be falling
into formation behind a female participant as they inspect the
SD 78 San Marcos ramps in Southern California. |
Tire tour. Donna Carlson, RPA executive director, front left,
and Murray Quance, president of BAS Recycling, second from left,
organize the group for a tour of the tire re recycling plant
Note the truck tires in the background awaiting processing.
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So this is how California tires are processed into crumb rubber?
Larry Orcutt, Caltrans chief of roadway maintenance, and Mike
Carter, Caltrans headquarters maintenance, watch tires being
processed at the BAS Recycling facility. |
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Tour included BAS
A group of RPA and Caltrans members visited BAS Recycling in
San Bernardino on July 22. It is one of the largest tire recyclers
in California.
The company began operations in 1989 and has become a major
crumb rubber supplier to the A-R industry. Tour participants
saw how the scrap tires are collected and processed at the seven-acre
site licensed by the California Integrated Waste Management Board.
Inside the plant, the group watched the waste tires being
separated into rubber, steel, and fabric through a cryogenic/ambient
grinding process. After a series of quality checks to meet customer
specifications, the product is prepared for shipment in 50-1
bags or one-ton supersacks.
BAS also showed how crumb rubber is used in the manufacture
of resilient playground surfacing and patio tiles, which is marketed
through its sister company Environmental Molding Concepts.
This year, BAS and other RPA rubber producers will recycle
millions of passenger and truck tires.
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