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Victor Cantu
E&G Coatings
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Local Green Business Recycles Tires Into Roof Coating
San Antonio, Texas, April 12, 2010 — Tire dumping has long been a problem in San Antonio, and a new local green company has a solution. E&G Coatings takes scrap tires and turns them into roof coating that reflects the sun. With the turn of a roller, home and business owners can slash their energy cost in half while recycling tires.
“We have the only patented product of this kind in North America,” said business partner Victor Cantu of the company’s Tire2Coat sealant. “There is roof coating out there, but none are made with recycled tires. From recycling water and buckets during production to keeping all ingredients non-toxic, Tire2Coat truly is a green product.”
Northside Independent School District rooftops and a few residential fences already sport the Tire2Coat sealant in San Antonio. In Mexico, where the product is widely acclaimed, colleges, hotels and homes use the once-a-decade application to dramatically reduce air conditioning cost. The Environmental Protection Agency reports that roof sealants, when combined with proper insulation, can cut energy costs by 50 percent.
“As homebuilders, we always try to use green products on our properties,” said Angel Morales, president of Mormeck Homes. “I like it so much, I put it in my own home.”
The City of San Antonio removed more than 2,000 illegally dumped tires in 2008, a $200,000 annual expense that is part of a national crisis that amounts to 300 million tires a year. Available in a variety of colors, each bucket of Tire2Coat spares 1.5 tires from dumping. An average home of 2,000 square feet will keep 15 tires out of dump sites.
For more information, contact Victor Cantu at 210.248.5354 or Victor@egcoatings.com and visit www.egcoatings.com.
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