Recycling Tires- Abstract
Proper tire disposal remains a problem to our community and local government and is a threat to the environment due to its resistant and durable composition. Considering that the population of Richmond that uses bicycles as a form of transportation and recreation of Richmond is vast, it is a great place to take the on initiative of recycling them.
Bicycle tires may not seem like a big issue, but we should take a minute to consider the amount of tires that are replaced in this cycling oriented community. Currently, local bike shops are not recycling their old tires or tubes due to the inconvenience and investment they would have to go through if they did. Therefore, all the tires from the 3-dozen local bike repair shops are being incinerated, sent to landfills, or sent to a dumping site. To dispose of tires by incinerating them generates emissions and hazardous toxins that pollute the air, and trying to get rid of tires by disposing of them in landfills consumers, takes about two thousands of years to biodegrade, and contaminates Earth’s fresh groundwater that lies beneath the surface through seepage.
By providing a tire collection services to these local bicycle shops in Richmond, in which we can pick the tires up and take them to a recycling facility, we promote the safe disposal of this material and it can be created in to a new innovative, eco-friendly material that our local governments and citizens can use. After dropping the tires off, the recycling facilities associated with the Virginia DEQ will receive the tires, process them at their facility, and re-use the material they get.
It is with this effort that we hope to make a difference in the community. Not only are we providing a much needed service to the bicycle shops/bicyclists in the area, but we’re hoping that this idea will catch on. By starting and providing this service, we hope that the community (and shops) will feel a greater sense of pride as they’re choosing to properly dispose of their bicycle tires, and the new trend will catch on across the city.
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