Recycled Rubbers

Or, Too Tired To Roll Off?

The Rubber Manufacturers Association announced this week that more tires are being recycled than are entering landfills and tire dumps. From the RMA report: "Nearly 90 percent of tires that are replaced and thrown away every year are put to a new productive use. The reuse rate of scrap tires tops most recovered waste materials including glass bottles, paper and aluminum cans."

Because of government bans on putting tires in landfills, an entire tire recycling industry has sprung up and become profitable. Isn't it amazing what a little legislation can do?

And there's Michael Reynolds who has been building earth friendly, low cost, energy efficient houses from worn out tires for around 30 years now.

In Erie, Pennsylvania folks are shouting, "Don't tread on us!"

But in Oregon the plan is to recycle tires into energy. Wow, talk about burning rubber.

Then there's the new tires that are made from from old tires. American made, the proudly call them, green tires. Each remolded tire saves 3-7 gallons of oil and is superior to conventional tires. And if you're looking to start a green business Green Diamond has opportunities available.

I've little doubt that in the not to distant future, local recyclers like those found in the search engine located at the top right of every page here at RecycleBills.com will begin paying for worn out tires to resell to end users. It just so happens that I know of a planned tires-to-energy plant being planned right here in North Carolina.