Eli5 why can’t tires be melted down and reused?

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Eli5 why can’t tires be melted down and reused?

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There is a Canadian company that has a patented reverse polymerization process for recycling tires. Tires are reduced to reclaimed carbon black, steel,hydrocarbon oil and gasses. All of which is either sold or used to generate electricity. Capable of processing 25 tonnes of tires per day. Practically 0 emissions. Don’t mean to pump the stock because I’ve owned some for a looong time but they CAN be ‘melted down and reused’ but there’s probably no profit in it.