An energy and steel recovery system has a suspension column and a plurality of suspension burners operably disposed therein wherein the burners are spaced from one another along the length of thereof. The suspension column includes a mechanism for receiving tires onto one of the burners and feeding the tires to an adjacent downwardly disposed burner to further combust the same. The column is configured to provide for a number of zones including heating, drying, volatizing, combusting and ashing which are collectively referred to herein as a "fractionation process." A first conduit includes a first end communicably connected to the suspension column and a second end communicably connected to a boiler wherein air flow passes from the boiler to the suspension column. A second conduit includes a first end communicably connected to the suspension column and a second end communicably connected to the boiler wherein air flow passes from the suspension column to the return air flow path of the boiler. The system includes a mechanism for removing residual waste materials from the suspension column.