4. The master plan: Choctaw EIP
4.1. Project background
The concept for this project began during a professional
internship for Federal Recycling Technologies
(FRTs) of Norman, Oklahoma. This company intends
to utilize a process known as `pyrolysis' to recycle
tires into valuable, reusable chemical components:
extender process oil, carbon black, steel, gas, ®berglass
pellets, and heat. The oil, carbon black and steel
were intended to be sold in a wide variety of markets.
The gas would be recycled as fuel for the pyrolysis
units. This facility would provide a low waste, clean
solution to approximately 2 the 3 million used tires
produced in Oklahoma annually (FRT, 1996). The
proposed location for the FRT plant was strategically
chosen in an industrial park next to a tire disposal
facility known as Safe Tire. FRT requires tire shreds
for its pyrolysis process. An adjacent supply of raw
materials would reduce transportation costs and lower
production costs.