With the remarkable expansion of rubber industry, disposal problem of waste matters becomes inevitably highlighted. Amomg rubber wastes there are rubber scraps come from through manufacturing processes in plants and wastes of finished products brought about wearing out rubber products by use.
Scrap tires among such wastes cause public discussion.
This treatise is mainly based on data researched and studied by countermeasure committees to wastes belonging to Japan Rubber Manufacturers' Association and Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers' Association, and it mentions conditions to be possessed like types and constructions of incineration furnaces, disposal of waste gases, prevention of noises, etc. in case of incineration disposal of rubber scraps and scrap tires, and then it has comparatively investigated incineration costs based on equipments costs and running costs.
In addition this treatise shows that it is the most effective way of disposal at present for scrap tires to be used as fuel.
