Tyre recycler wins Australian TV inventor award

Sydney, Australia -- John Dobozy has won the new Inventors prize from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for his combined mechanical, chemical and microwave tyre recycling system, known as the Molectra Tyre Recycling system.

Dobozy claims his process reclaims all of the components that make up a tyre cleanly and efficiently without waste, residue, or emissions whilst extracting various products for re-use. The process recycles one hundred percent of the tyre.

On his website, he adds, "The Molectra process was designed specifically to lower the cost of processing waste tyres. One specific innovation of the process is that the hydrocarbon gas and oil recovered from the tyres can be used to generate enough electricity to operate the whole plant. Up to 3.9 litres of oil can be extracted from each tyre."

The process results in Crumb Rubber, Steel, Fibre, Raw Oil, Carbon, Heavy Hydrocarbons, Light Hydrocarbons, Limonene, Carbon Black, Activated Carbon, Casting Carbon, Furnace Oil, Diesel additive, Automative lube, Electricity, and Gas Oil.

These products, says the ABC can be used in Rubber Matting, Silicone Tiles, Rebonded Pavers, Rebonded Block, Rebonded Pipe, Soil Aerator, and Hyrdo-Chips.

The ABC site offers video (RealPlayer format) of the process and of the TV programme.

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