why ‘tire graveyards’ are a thing and not just recycled or broke down and reused?
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Most of your used tires are recycled when you purchase from a large box retailer (Costco, Firestone, Americas Tire/Discount Tire). Hence to scrap recycling fee.
I have been in a few Manufacturing plants at this point in my career and speaking specifically about Bridgestone, the tires that are re-collected are generally made into building materials, roofing products, asphalt and even tires once more.
Early 1900’s, Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were on a ten year road trip titled “The Vagabonds” where they ultimately learned that recycling that Mr. Firestone was producing would lead to paving a roads for not only them but truckers across America.
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