Global Warming.......tyres???

Question

What happens to the bye product of car tyres wearing down, does tyre dust hang in the atmosphere along with greenhouse gases that are changing the climate?

Answer 1

What on earth do you cook with tires/tyres and do they taste different from each other depending on where you come from ??
When you have the recipe for tyre stew plase forward it to me as I think this would be a cheaper alternative to beef .... thanks ...

Answer 2

Tyres/Tires...Color/Colour! We understand the Queen's English over here :)
Tire dust in the upper atmosphere? Highly unlikely, however tire dust in the ground/dirt/sand makes a good argument. Reading the wikipedia about old casings as tomato planters to raise the heat level makes me question the amount of tire dust left in the ground...so Good question....we should send it to Al Gore for research! No joke/kidding!

Answer 3

No, b.c., this is a UK/Irish site. When we write tyres we mean tyres. What tyres have to do with ethnic cuisine is a completely different problem.

Answer 4

Tires???

Used tires with unsafe amounts of wear or unrepairable punctures, are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste, due to the large volume produced and their durability. Municipal trash haulers will usually not accept them. Most heavily populated areas contain specific dumps where huge piles of millions of discarded tires are kept, often in a constant state of legal antagonism with the municipal authorities. Although tires themselves are not considered hazardous waste, these dumps sometimes catch fire and may burn for months before they can be extinguished, creating large volumes of toxic air pollution,[3] oil, and heavy metals. Some such fires have become Superfund cleanup sites. In addition, a tire carcass accumulates water from rain, making tire dumps breeding grounds for mosquitos.

Ironically, those same characteristics which make waste tires such a problem also make them one of the most re-used waste materials, as the rubber is very resilient and can be reused in other products; it also yields much energy when burned under controlled conditions.

Retreadded or recapped tires were once common, the rubber tread of a tire would wear long before the remainder of the carcass. Therefore good carcasses were simply overlaid with another tread and returned to service. Because this bonding may occasionally come loose from the tire, new tires were superior to retreaded tires. With advances in tire technology leading to longer tread life and the changes in the economics of raw materials and labor, this is no longer economically advantageous for car tires. However many manufacturers are making heavy truck tires which they claim can be re-treaded up to four times. The cost to the haulier is approximately a third the cost of a new tire. From the point of view of the manufacturer the tyre uses half the oil and the carcase is re-used so it is proftable to both parties.

While salvaged tires make cheap toys which can be used variously for pets, animals in captivity or children, e.g. the once ubiquitous "tire swing", they can also be deliberately torn apart to re-use the rubber. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, every year Americans discard approximately 290 million automobile and truck used tires. Since 1989, when only 10 percent of scrap tires were recycled or reused, the United States has significantly increased its tire reclamation efforts to slightly more than 80 percent. In 2003, tire reclamation statistics were:

130 million were used as fuel
56 million were recycled or used in civil engineering projects
27.5 million were recycled into other products or projects; for example, rubber lumber, stall mats for horses, roof pads, sports mats, shower tiles, truck bed mats, and commercial flooring
12 million were ground up and used in rubber-modified asphalt for roads and athletic tracks
9 million were sent to other countries, where they are used to make retreads
In addition to the 290 million scrap tires, 16.5 million used tires in the US are given new life as retreads.

Because of safety issues, new tires must be manufactured primarily from virgin rubber, with recycled rubber making up only 5 to 15 percent of the finished product.

Mulches made from old tires have become available on the market for individual or industrial agricultural or horticultural use, either as loose pieces mimicking shredded wood, or in sheets of such pieces loosely bonded, for use as walkways, edging, tree rings, or stepping stones. Both types of product are also marketed as excellent injury-preventing (shock absorbing) surfacing material for playgrounds, being longer lasting and more resilient that the usual materials used, e.g. sand, gravel, or shredded wood or bark. Although the materials are extremely resistant to breakdown and essentially last forever, the possibility of toxic agents, especially heavy metals, leaching out and contaminating the soil, particularly where food crops are grown, is currently under investigation.

Individuals have used old tires as planters. They are particularly popular with individuals growing tomatos or other plants which prefer warm temperatures, as the black color absorbs the infrared from the sun.

Answer 5

TIRES!