What does STMC stand for?

Recently, in both a one-on-one interview with this magazine and at an industry meeting, Michael Blumenthal of the Rubber Manufacturers Association and its Scrap Tire Management Council has suggested that the term "recyclers" should be reserved for those making an end product from scrap tires, while those who collect, haul and perhaps downsize tires should be known as processors.

is much higher than in Europe, although the Scrap Tire Management Council in the U.

According to 1994 figures from the Scrap Tire Management Council, an industry group, Washington state alone has an estimated 18 million scrap tires.

According to the Rubber Manufacturers Association's Scrap Tire Management Council (STMC), the standards should expand the use of tire derived fuel (TDF) by eliminating some of the final barriers to this scrap tire market sector.

According to information compiled by the Scrap Tire Management Council, Washington, 35 states have active programs or fees.

Blumenthal cites 1994 as a significant year because that was the first year the Scrap Tire Management Council studied the issue and calculated the 800 million scrap tire figure.

Scrap tire use/disposal study, 1996 update," published by the Scrap Tire Management Council, edited by John Serumgard and Michael Blumenthal, 1996.

We hope these guidelines will relieve some of the uncertainty about using tire shreds as a fill material, and allow expansion of the use of shredded scrap tires in civil engineering applications as a major market for scrap tires," said John Serumgard, chairman of the Scrap Tire Management Council, and Richard Gust, chairman of the Tire and Rubber Recycling Advisory Committee, the ad hoc Civil Engineering Committee organizers.