Eli5 why can’t tires be melted down and reused?
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Tires are not one singular form of rubber and are also made up of multiple materials. They have metal, fibers, rubber, and other chemicals in them so you would need to separate all that out. Also while it may seem like it’s all solid rubber it’s actually many different formulations of rubber that do different things for the tire that get pressed together to make the tire so melting it down would end up with all that mixed together.
Not saying it’s not possible I’m sure someone could figure it out but tires are not as simple as they seem so it’s harder than it appears to recycle them.
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