Where does all the rubber off all the car tyres go??

Answer 1

E.U. Law came into effect earlier this year, they all should by law go to specialised processing plants that can remove the wire from the tyres and stop the harmfull toxins going into the atmosphere.
The only plant we have here keeps breaking down, the best one is in Germany. It also converts the energy to a power station.

Answer 2

There are two answers for this question:

1. While running the rubber on the car tyres reduces mainly due to friction in the case of cars which runs for long distances regularly. It can also wear off on a car that has been stationary for a very long time.

2. In the case of used tyres it can be re-vulcanised and used for making cheaper rubber products but not tyres, as the quality of such tyres would be obviously extremely poor.

Answer 3

Usually goes on the road AND dispersed into the air, water, and on the car...

Tires are made from petroleum hydrocarbons. About 60% of the rubber from tires in the United States is burned for energy as "Tire Derived Fuel". About 20% is divided between export (6%), ground rubber products (5%), civil engineering projects such as fill (4%), stamped rubber products (3%), and agricultural and miscellaneous reuse (2%).

That leaves about 20% of every tire that is lost during the useful life of the tire. The average new passenger car tire weighs about 26 pounds. The average scrap passenger car tire weighs about 20 pounds. In the United States today, we generate about 260 million scrap tires per year. So where does 780,000 tons of rubber go every year?

The short answer is to the road surface. A very small amount volatalizes directly to the air (sometimes called dry rot), but this is insignificant compared to the rubber that is ground from the tread by the abrasive action of the pavement. A small amount is incorporated in the asphalt itself. Remember that the asphalt and tire are both made from petroleum oils. Sadly, the bulk of the 3/4 million ton of rubber each year ends up in the land and surface waters. It starts out as a black stain on the road, but is quickly washed by rain to rivers, lakes and streams; or blown by wind or traffic into the air. Once in the air, it can be inhaled by humans and wildlife or it can settle on plant, water, and soil surfaces.

I'll bet that if you go out right now and swipe a clean facial tissue across the hood of the family car, you'll find something much darker than the local soil. Some of that black soot is from the incomplete combustion of petroleum fuels in car and truck engines. But some of it was once part of a tire.

Answer 4

through heat caused by friction ( thats how you get traction) it becomes a oily susbstance again,very little at a time,and gets sucked into the pavement,when it rains the roads let it back out again, (thats why you have slippery sections of roads,not just rain making it slippery).when you finally wear a tie out enough to be changed it goes to a recycling plant to be broken down,sometimes the tire will become a part of a new road,or may get recycled into a new tire

Answer 5

the used tyres are stockpiled and go nowhere cos they are not biodegradable and they are impossible to burn due to the fumes, so they just lie there gathering dust and wasting space.

Answer 6

Probably in the soil, waters, and our lungs!! Wow all those Nascar races I went to, and all the rubber they wore off their wheels, cough! cough!

Answer 7

The tires slowly wear themselves down into really fine particles less then sand so you can't see them. I don't know its just an idea.

Answer 8

On the road

Answer 9

Dust which disperses in the air.

Answer 10

It goes straight to hell with all the naughty goblins.