Magnus Environmental

Magnus processes used scrap tires into tire chips for use as an alternative to conventional civil engineering materials. Magnus produces tire chips that conform to the ASTM Standard D 6270 - 98, Standard Practice for Use of Scrap Tires in Civil Engineering Applications.

Magnus is helping revolutionize the use of tire chips as a cost-effective alternative for conventional aggregate in civil engineering projects. The cost of our chips is dramatically lower than the cost of conventional civil engineering materials, specifically sand and stone.

Why use Tire Chips as an alternative to conventional civil engineering materials? Tire Chips are/have:

Lightweight: 40-60 PCF (Typical unit weight of gravel is 125PCF)
Free Draining: Permeability greater than 10 cm/s
Low Earth Pressure
Excellent Thermal Insulator
Durable
Compressible
For many applications, tire chips are the least expensive

APPLICATIONS OF TIRE CHIPS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROJECTS

Septic System Aggregate (Cost Analysis)

Tire Derived Fuel (TDF)

Road Construction Fill & Backfill

Waterway & Port Bulkhead Fill

Compost Bulking

SEPTIC SYSTEM AGGREGATE.  Rubber chips used as an aggregate in septic systems drain fields have numerous performance advantages over traditional aggregate, not the least of which is lower cost. Septic System Aggregate was approved for use in Delaware in 2003 and in New Jersey in 2006. Call for pricing. Click here for a cost analysis.

TIRE DERIVED FUEL (TDF).  Rubber chips used as a fuel source by power plants and paper mills are less expensive and produce a higher BTU output than coal. Many energy plants have discovered the cost effectiveness and efficiency of Tire Derived Fuel (TDF). By adding it to coke or coal, the heat output is dramatically increased, yet the cost for rubber chips is much less than coal. Call for pricing.

ROAD CONSTRUCTION FILL AND BACKFILL.  Rubber chips used in road construction have a myriad of uses. In short, the rubber chips replace conventional and lightweight fill and backfill material. Its benefits include the ability to compact, better drainage, and its thermal properties prevent freeze and thaw cycles, which can cause earth shifting, settlement, and cracking.

WATERWAY AND PORT BULKHEAD FILL.  Traditionally, bulkheads in ports and waterways have been backfilled with soil or stone, which has a tendency to settle, freeze, or drain poorly requiring reconstruction or repair. Rubber chips are free draining and do not freeze, thereby reducing or eliminating the need for reconstruction.

COMPOST BULKING.  Used as a bulking agent at composting facilities. Rubber chips do not break down as conventional agents do, such as woodchips. Hence, rubber compost bulking requires little or no replacement thereby saving the compost facility the expense of replacing its bulking agent.