DKE Enterprises

DKE Enterprises, Inc. (DBA DK Enterprises) was awarded its third California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Feedstock Conversion Technical Assistance and Material Testing Services (FCS) Contract. Funding was provided to the technical and testing service providers, in part or in full, that assist the qualified California manufacturers and compounders in the development of new or existing feedstock conversion products. The FCS Contract supports the Tire Incentive Program (TIP) which is designed to expand the demand for different and higher value-added tire-derived products (TDP) by providing an incentive to use, at least five percent, recycled tire rubber (crumb rubber) to partially replace virgin rubber, EPDM, plastic, or other raw material (also referred to as 'feedstock conversion') and to increase sales of products that already contain crumb rubber. DK Enterprises has assisted its clients, including CalRecycle, in new product development and feedstock conversion product activity since 2007.

The FCS includes identifying and qualifying California rubber product manufacturers, rubber compounders, calendared rubber manufacturers, devulcanized crumb rubber manufacturers, and plastic product manufacturers (manufacturers) using TIP eligibility criteria and, if necessary, potential volume and value-added use of crumb rubber. DK Enterprises also coordinates the appropriate engineering, manufacturing, testing, and certification resources to formulate the optimum mix/size (mesh) of crumb rubber and provide the technical assistance to ensure the timely production and sale of the TDPs. DK Enterprises identifies and qualifies for FCS and TIP, the California tire-derived material (TDM) feedstock suppliers by performing on-site sampling (extraction and collection) and appropriate testing of crumb rubber including sieve analysis to determine the particle mesh distribution size consistent with ASTM International Standards D5644 (Test Method) and D5603 (Classification).