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Thursday, September 09, 2021

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World's Largest
Tire Graveyard, Kuwait




12 comments:

uptonking said...

Humans suck. That is truly sad. Won't stop me from driving my car, though... that's the disconnect in all this.

Rad said...

What? Is Kuwait hoping that in 2 or 3 million years, this will be the next oil supply?

whkattk said...

Yikes. There are so many different things those could be used for... Then again, maybe they are using them for their roads and other construction materials.

Mark Alexander said...

That's (another) environmental disaster waiting to happen.

SickoRicko said...

uptonking - I agree with both points.

Rad - That's a good one!

whkattk - Yeah, I thought old tires were already being used for that sort of thing.

Mark - Indeed.

Mistress Maddie said...

That is gross and will be there forever. Have they never heard of upcycling into other products???

SickoRicko said...

Mark Alexander - I just did a search and, indeed, it did catch fire at one time.

JiEL said...

Here near Montreal in Ste Julie we had many years ago a huge fire in such tires dump. Since then, those piles are made less big and with distancing them.

We have some comapanies that are recycling tires making some floor covering like rubber rugs and some companies are using those in roads material.
Some artists are also using that tire rubbe to make purses , luggage or bad etc.

it's possible to recycle those materials just need good ideas.

SickoRicko said...

JiEL - I remember sandals with actual tire soles. Clever.

Anonymous said...

Some very interesting reading pertaining to Kuwait's tire graveyard.

https://interestingengineering.com/kuwaits-tire-graveyard-with-over-7-million-dead-tires-poses-a-fire-hazard

SickoRicko said...

Anon@3:35pm - Thank you for that link! It's very interesting, and disturbing.

BatRedneck said...

Thank you for the link, Anon.
The fact that they've been just stockpiling them without any recycling for years says a lot.
Yet recycled products made from tires are not only useful, they're economically profitable.