SAUDI TURF TEAM tire recycling

SAUDI TURF TEAM tire recycling

 

The tires we put on our cars are made of rubber, a renewable resource, right ? Not so; well over 90% of all tires are made from synthetics - and they have certainly proved to be an environmental headache.

 

In the USA, about 300 million tires are scrapped or dumped per year.

 

Tires tend to be dumped in huge piles. If these piles should be set alight, the smoke is an extraordinarily toxic cocktail and the runoff from melted residue can contaminate groundwater.

Tires left sitting around in the open also collect rainwater and become perfect breeding grounds for mosquitos.

 

While there's been a lot of talk about recycling tires, 25% still wind up in landfills and nearly nearly half of reclaimed tires in the USA are utilized as "Tire Derived Fuel" (TDF), usually burned alongside other fuels such as coal.