Experiments have been carried out to investigate the burning characteristics of waste tires in high temperature environments. The burning of waste tire chips consists of four stages ; evaporation of volatile matters, ignition, burning of volatile matters, and burning of solid carbon. Burning time of waste tire chips depends on the gas temperature and the initial weight of the chip. However, the environments. In the ceramic matrix burner with a ceramic radiation shield, the burning time of the waste tire chips becomes shorter than that without the shield. This is due to the increase in heat transfer to the tire chips by radiation.