Vera..from EPA..
Numerous products can be made with scrap tires. Scrap tires may be cut, punched, and stamped into various rubber products after removal of the steel bead. Products include floor mats, belts, gaskets, shoe soles, dock bumpers, seals, muffler hangers, shims, and washers.
Whole tires also have uses as highway crash barriers and for boat bumpers on marine docks.
Shredded tires may be used in many different types of applications.
The 3 primary scrap tire markets are:
Tire derived fuel
Civil engineering applications
Ground rubber applications/rubberized asphalt