A tyre (or tire) is a ring-shaped covering designed to fit around the rim of a wheel so as to provide protection and better vehicle performance. The earliest tyres had bands of iron or steel fitted on ...

Recycling efforts are helping reduce health and safety risks posed by tire dumps located in Mexican border cities. Nearly a decade ago the Environmental Protection Agency and its Mexican counterpart, ...

Postdoctoral Fellow at Stellenbosch University REDISA waste tyres research programme, Stellenbosch University There are serious hazards associated with stockpiling used tyres, such as uncontrollable ...

NORMAN HERMANT, REPORTER: After the rubber hits the road, used tyres have to go somewhere and that is a big problem. For years we just buried them or shipped them offshore. Then came recovery and ...

After each Formula 1 race weekend there are hundreds of used tyres that need to be disposed of. In the past, these tyres were ...

It is estimated that Northern Ireland motorists and lorry drivers produce more than 1.7m used tyres every year. Or it could be more, or less. The problem is that no-one is sure just how many used ...

It is a view largely shared by Peter Taylor, secretary general of the Tyre Recovery Association (TRA). However, he was keen to stress that “although tyre recovery in the UK is market-based, it is ...