Liberty Tire Recycling, the only coast-to-coast, full-service tire recycler, announced Tuesday it is opening two new facilities in Alabama, following the state’s decision to end the practice of landfilling whole tires. These new facilities will develop innovative, economic uses for waste tires and provide the infrastructure Alabama needs to manage waste tires responsibly, the company shared.
Liberty will open a facility in the Mobile area in early 2026 to serve southern and central Alabama and will announce a second facility in north Alabama next year. These investments will allow Liberty to provide service to the state’s population centers and rural communities. These new facilities will produce tire-derived fuel—a low-emissions fuel source used by pulp and paper facilities and cement kilns—and create up to 60 well-paying jobs with excellent benefits in Alabama. Liberty’s north Alabama location will also produce rubber feedstock that will be converted into crumb rubber and used in manufacturing.
Edward Poolos, director of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, said, “Recycling and reuse are vitally important to Alabama’s environment and economy. We are excited to welcome Liberty Tire Recycling to Alabama and look forward to working with them.”…