RE: [GreenYes] Tire Recycling

["jholt" <jholt@imagemicro.com>]

>From what the research I've done, I've found that the tires burn hotter than
conventional heating methods, and therefore cleaner.  The emissions here are
actually cleaner than they would be if they were just using coal.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-greenyes@grrn.org [mailto:owner-greenyes@grrn.org]On Behalf
Of muna@iafrica.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 6:50 AM
To: Peter Anderson
Cc: greenyes@grrn.org
Subject: Re: [GreenYes] Tire Recycling


Hi all!

I would appreciate information on suppliers of technology that allows one to
re-use
tires (we spell them tyres here!), as we think that they may be useful for
buidling
roads and playgrounds....

also:

On 6 Dec 2002 at 11:41, Peter Anderson wrote:
 Companies that reuse old
> tires include utilities, which burn them to make electricity, and
> cement manufacturers, which bake them in kilns with other ingredients
> to produce Portland cement.

this is frightening- the emissions that this produces are extremely toxic,
so please, all,
do not support this method of disposal - the impacts are bio-accumulative,
and
extremely harmful....

regards

Muna
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