METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RECYCLING AND UTILIZATION OF RUBBER-TECHNICAL WASTE
Annual growth of rubber-technical wastes (RTW) in the Russian Federation increases the volume of their disposal by incineration. The search for solutions to reduce harmful effects on the environment and rational processing of RTW is an important aspect of ensuring environmental safety of urban areas. The aim is to choose and build schemes of ecologically and economically available method of recycling rubber into secondary raw material. The purpose is achieved through a number of tasks: the substantiation for a mechanical method of grinding RTW, the identification of physical and technical properties of rubber wastes recyclat and opportunities for sharing them with the primary raw material. The findings demonstrate that the RTW lowest mass loss after grinding and retention of the recyclat original physical and chemical properties are achieved with mechanical crushing. Adherence to RTW recycling according to the developed schemes and parameters enables to achieve the most effective recycling results.