USTMA's 2023 End-of-Life Tire Management Report


The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association released our 16th End-of-Life Tire Management Report on October 24, 2024. This biannual report highlights the latest market insights, trends, and opportunities for advancing sustainable and circular end-use markets.

USTMA members share a common vision of sustainability which includes: Promoting tire safety; advancing worker safety; reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout a tire’s useful life; improving environmental footprints over time; minimizing the health, and ecological impacts of tire materials; and ensuring end-of-life tires enter sustainable markets. ​

Specifically, USTMA members share the goal that all ELTs enter sustainable and circular end-use markets. ​Our 2023 End-of-Life Tire Market Summary Report measures our progress toward meeting our sustainability vision. 

By the Numbers: The 2023 End-of-Life Tires Management Report  

  • 79%ELTs consumed by end-use markets
  • 10.5% increase in overall utilization of ELTs

2023 End Use Rates for Common Materials​

End-of-life tires remain one of the most recycled and reclaimed consumer products with 79% going to beneficial end use markets.  ELTs are recycled and reclaimed more than metal, glass, aluminum, plastic, and paper. ​

Graph of 2023 End Use Rates for Common Materials​
2023 End Use Rates for Common Materials​

U.S. ELT Disposition 2023​

Recycling end-of-life tires into ground rubber consumed about 28% of end-of-life tires.  ​A large variety of smaller markets that were combined for this report consumed 14% of end-of-life tires. Moreover, ​the largest market for end-of-life tires returned to Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) in 2023 with a nearly 11% increase in the TDF market. ​

2023 ELT Disposition
U.S. ELT Disposition 2023​

Rubber Modified Asphalt (RMA)

Since 2021, Rubber Modified Asphalt, a key use of ground rubber, has consumed 165,000 tons of ELTs, representing a 17% increase.  This significant growth underscores RMA as a cost-effective, durable solution for U.S. infrastructure. 

2023 Ground Rubber Distribution Tbale

U.S. Ground Rubber Market Distribution 2015 - 2023

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https://www.ustires.org/2023-elt-tire-report-page


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