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Ten ideas to recycle or reuse old car tires at Home
Last year, the EU Landfill Directive banned the disposal nearly all tires in landfills. So what can you do with old car tires?
Car Tyre specialists like Merityre pay more than £ 1 one to ensure that every used tire is removed from an environmentally friendly manner. And when they have over 200,000 to get rid of it every year money really starts to make sense.
Nationally, tire dealers, garages and vehicle dismantling collect over 40 million tires year. 12% of these are reused after having a new tread applied. More innovative uses include creating flood defenses. Others are recycled and used for products such as carpet underlay or road surfaces. An emerging market is the energy recovery. It is expected that the tires could partly replace coal as a fuel source for many industries.
There are ways that you can reuse the car tires at home instead of sending them to specialist disposal companies. Here are 10 great ideas:
1. Raised beds
Car tires are ideal for creating a raised bed for planting flowers, herbs or vegetables. A single tire works well for lettuce and herbs. Use two or three tires to grow potatoes.
Paint the car tire Bright Colors to create a wonderful display when planting flowers.
2. Resoling Shoes
Use rubber car tire to trace the shoes. It is very tough.
Also add a piece of leather and create a pair of sandals or flip flops.
3. Car Tyre Swing
Most people have memories of playing on a swing when they were young.
Just use a strong rope and securely car tire to a sturdy tree branch for hours of fun.
4. Bumper Boat
Boat owners can attach tires car on the side of the ship, to act as protective buffers. Very useful when docking a boat.
5. Children's Playground
Instead of spending a fortune team of a garden center, use a little imagination, some old wooden planks and a car tire a few to create a large play area for children.
6. Forcing Rhubarb
Forcing Rhubarb (growing rhubarb in dark conditions) has been practiced since the early 19th century. Produce rhubarb hot pink is much more delicate in flavor than the normal variety.
Place two or three car tires around the plant just before the start comes from the land. Cover the tires with a piece of wood to create a warm and dark. From December to late March, you will be enjoying succulent and sweet rhubarb early.
7. Sand Pits
large tractor tires are ideal for a sandpit for children. Just buy the special sand from a garden center and fill the tire.
8. Mini Greenhouse
Car tire cover with a piece of clear polyethylene to create a mini greenhouse or propagator. The Wall thick rubber of the tire is an excellent insulation to create a warm environment to germinate seeds.
9. Table
Place a piece of wood on top of two or three tires to assemble table, suitable for indoor or outdoor. Painting the wheels to better effect.
10. Composter or Wormery
Three or four tires stacked together create a simple compost bin. The warm atmosphere created by the car tires will make short work of composting kitchen waste and mowing. Access the compost by removing one of the tires at a time on top.
Ask your local garage for old tires the car. Not only will you be helping with the removal, which will reuse a non biodegradable product in a friendly environment.
Tires perhaps essential car while driving, but also extremely useful in the home and garden.
About the Author
Merityre.co.uk are a leading UK independent supplier of car tyres. Visit their website for free vouchers, including 10% off your next MOT, free wheel alignment check and free locking wheel nuts.
