A process for recovering rubber from a tire, the tire including a rubber 
tread block, a reinforced portion below the 
tread block portion, typically known as steel belting, and an inner liner that serves to hold the air pressure in the tire. The bead and sidewall are removed from the tire leaving a loop of 
tread material. Next, the loop is placed on several rollers of a rubber-separating 
machine to hold the loop in place. One or more 
cutting blades, preferably chisels, are positioned at the tread portion of the tire. The 
cutting blades are lowered into position. Access to the steel belting can be accomplished by making an initial 
cut through tread block to 
expose the steel belting. Once the blades are in place, the tread loop is placed in motion around the rollers. As the blades contact the steel belts, the 
cutting blades separate the tread rubber from the 
reinforced rubber at the interface between the tread rubber and the steel belts. The inner layer may also be removed in a similar fashion with blades positioned within the loop rather than above it.The ultimate goal of the present invention is to provide an environmentally and economically beneficial process that disposes of all the parts of the tire. Using the cutting blades or 
chisel(s) to separate the rubber in a tire's tread area from the embedded steel results in the following tire parts: 1) high value 
metal free rubber from the tread area; 2) the 
steel belt / 
thin layer of rubber / 
steel belt (with or without the inner liner); 3) the inner liner with 
polyester or similar 
fiber; 4) the 
metal free sidewall with 
polyester or similar 
fiber; and 5) the 
tire bead surrounded with rubber and 
polyester or similar 
fiber.