Alternative Fuels - Tire-Derived Fuel, Paper, Plastic, Biomass Recycling ..... Innovative Waste Recovery ..... Niagara Falls, NY

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Collection & Recycling

Scrap Tires

Paper, Plastic & Biomass

Scrap Tires
Innovative Waste Recovery’s fully permitted scrap tire processing facility is located in Niagara Falls, New York. This operation provides power plants with a 96% wire-free, 1 ½” tire chip. By taking the wire out of the chip the tire will:

Burn cleaner and hotter.
Provide an average of 16,000 BTUs.
Significantly reduce ash.
Reduce damage done to bag houses, feed systems, and boilers.

Innovative Waste Recovery made a multi-million dollar investment to purchase and install the tire shredding system necessary to manufacture 96% wire-free TDF. The shredding system is installed at IWR's corporate headquarters in Niagara Falls, NY. Innovative Waste Recovery will procure scrap tires throughout the state of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Canada under permit number 9-2911-00035/00017 (currently registered under the name Alternative Resource Management).

Project Spotlight: Providing Tire-Derived Fuel for a WNY Power Plant
Innovative Waste Recovery recently contracted with a Western New York power plant to supply “wire-free” tire derived-fuel (TDF). The power plant benefits from using wire-free TDF because of the higher BTU factor, lower cost per ton, and reduced stack emissions. The one and a half-inch wire-free material will also decrease the amount of maintenance needed in the plant’s boilers and reduce maintenance on the feed conveyors, due to the ease of handling and the reduction of wire. Traditionally, tire chips are much larger in size, up to three inches, and create major problems with material handling and ash handling equipment at the power plant.

Biomass
Innovative Waste Recovery processes a significant amount of clean, unadulterated wood to be used as boiler fuel and mulch. Over the years we have processed and handled nearly 180,000 tons of pallet wood to a two-inch 99% metal-free specification.

Innovative Waste Recovery also provides grinding and biomass fuel procurement after hurricanes for paper mills and power plants.

Paper Rolls
Innovative Waste Recovery’s Turbo Shredder in our Syracuse, New York facility has the ability to grind paper rolls that are 5 feet in diameter to a half-inch specification. The paper we burn is a clean burning fuel that subsidizes coal. Our paper products produce approximately 11,000-15,000 BTUs. They are significantly cheaper to burn than coal and produce less ash.