Tyres

By using your vehicle for essential journeys only, not only will this reduce harmful carbon dioxide car emissions, but it would mean that tyres lasted longer.

Extracting the maximum safe life from a tyre saves valuable resources (oil, rubber, steel etc). Before the tyre can be resold it must be checked. Part-worn-tyres must have a minimum of 2mm tread remaining and be marked as part-worn on both sides at the time of sale. Alternatively, re-treading involves either replacing only the tread section or replacing rubber over the whole outer surface of the tyre.

Can be recycled at: Kerbside: no Bring Sites: no Battlefield HRC: Yes

More than 48 million tyres are disposed of each year in the UK.

Tyres can be disposed of at the household recycling centre in Battlefield- centre users may take 1 tyre at a time. Alternatively you may want to ask your local garage to see if they can recycle or reuse them for you.

Recycling Process:

Most tyres are granulated into rubber crumb. Crumb is used in sports and play surfaces, brake linings, landscaping mulch, carpet underlay, absorbents for wastes and shoe soles. Crumb can also be recycled in road asphalt.

The next stage:

Whole tyres can be used in the preparation/construction of landfill sites, where they are used as leachate draining systems.