Presently, scrap tires are littering our landscape. They are overcrowding landfills at the rate of 250 million per year with no hope of biodegrading. Moreover, piles of this menace are unsightly and have the potential to be breeding grounds for mosquitos and disease. To solve this problem companies and universities are hard at work finding new ways to efficiently recycle them.
Scrap tires are under serious study as the new and best alternative energy source available.
Already, new treatment methods are being implemented to give a cleaner-burning product. This page is devoted to the growing problem of scrap tires and what these tires are doing to the environment. Also, advances in recycling technology will be explored along with innovations to make them a clean-burning fuel. As these are found, links to the new developments will be posted. This site contains various facts about rubber and recycling.