Rubber Mulch

Posted by Pixelhead

I was at the PA Sustainablility Festival in Kempton, PA last weekend working with the Corn Stove site Earthinhandcornstoves.com, who had a booth that was situated next to a site, http://www.closetheloop.com/, which has many recycled products. The first thing that I noticed about Closetheloops booth was the huge display image of the above picture of a tire dump. It boggles the mind to think about it, but all those tires do have to go some where. What would happen if they all caught on fire?
I remember a tire fire not too long ago that closed I95. One tire when it catches fire will burn for a really long time. That fire was amazing becaise it was so hot that the guard rail melted, and chunks of concrete broke away due to the 1200 degrees of heat which caused the closing of that section of I95 for several months.Recycling tires into other things such as playground mulch or tire swings sounds like a great practice. Closetheloop has a catalog of products to choose from, and
I recommend visiting the site not only for the environmental reasons, but also due to the fact that it has many cool products to help beautify your home.

The directory link to Closetheloop is located at http://www.pixelheadonline.com/House_Garden/landscaping/ , along with listings for many other wonderful sites.

Written by adonkus on September 28th, 2006

Written by Pixelhead on September 28th, 2006 with 5 comments.
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Penny Stock Picks
#1. January 1st, 2008, at 11:45 PM.

That would certainly be a wild site to see. Tires do burn quite hot. I guess that particular pile would burn a hole through the earth.

Rome
#2. January 3rd, 2008, at 4:37 PM.

Wow. thats a whole lot of rubber man. That could destroy our whole ozone layer!

Bendz-Forum Signatures
#3. April 23rd, 2008, at 11:11 AM.

Is this for real or photoshopped?

Wow! I really can’t believe they have this much rubber. There is a way to recycle rubber, right? Perhaps it’s the way to go.

Matt (PU Systems)
#4. June 25th, 2008, at 2:00 PM.

There are a multitude of products which you can manufacture out of old rubber tyres.

Ive seen trainer soles made out of old tyres!

Terry Tyre
#5. September 17th, 2008, at 2:03 PM.

What a View! My boys would have that disposed of for a Fee!

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