Population growth and rapid technological development have contributed to increased solid waste generation by improperly disposing of post-consumer tires, which are not biodegradable and their decomposition time is not yet precisely determined. To be defended that the recycling culture does not only show aspects of environmental and educational preservation, it is also necessary to justify recycling as an economic activity that generates employment and income to the city, contributing to the well-being and quality of life. Therefore, the main objective of this research was to quantify the discard of waste tires and to analyze the technical-economical feasibility for the implementation of the recycling process of waste tires in the production of rubber aggregate in the asphalt mixture at the city's asphalt plant. To do so, it was measured the disposal of waste tires in a given period in Tucuruí and estimated the disposal volume of the adjacent cities, in addition, it was analyzed the operational activities and production costs of the waste as a rubber aggregate. In the field survey, 98 questionnaires were applied in 30 neighborhoods where the establishments were in January 2018. Thus, there was a monthly amount of 1,664 tires in the rubber workshops, 2,347 tires in the mechanical stores, totaling 4,011 tires in the municipality, which allows to conclude that the city presents a large volume of this solid residue. Adjacent cities presented in their estimate a total of 8,031 tires unserviceable per month. For the production of the rubber aggregate asphalt mixture, the conventional CBUQ trait was used in relation to the modified CBUQ developed by Coelho (2018), in which it was estimated that one kilometer of asphalt mixture of thickness of 3,5 centimeters can be used approximately 11.72 tonnes of recycled aggregate (8.79 tonnes of rubber and 2.93 tonnes of wood sawdust), this is equivalent to 1,465 car tires or 5,170 motorcycle tires, leading to an economy in the purchase of raw material from R$ 56,075.41 per kilometer. It is concluded that the results of the three scenarios are satisfactory, the simulations of the study were only the resources available to produce the rubber aggregate generated by the municipality as a pioneer project, with the intention that other municipalities are part of this visual identity of sustainable city.
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