Every year, millions of tires are sold to the motoring public. After 30000 to 60000 miles, the tires wear out and more must be purchased again. It is a never ending cycle. Unfortunately, most of these used tires are ending up in a landfill. The rubber in the tires takes a really long time to break down so they are just sitting there year after year. One way to eliminate it is to use retread tires.
Retreads are used tires which have the outer rubber added onto it. Although the tires are not new, they do last nearly as long and it helps to keep millions of tires out of the local landfill. This helps the environment. People also like it because they feel like they are doing their part in protecting the environment.
If people continued to retread tires many times, it would save on average about 20 tires out of the landfill per person. This is a great savings in terms of the land required to house these tires. Another benefit is the retread tires are cheaper than a new set of tires. They are generally about sixty percent of the cost of a new tire.
One of the smallest states in the United States is Delaware. Since it is so small, they are quickly running out of room to landfill the used tires. Delaware tires may eventually have to be shipped out of the state to another state. Of course, most other states don’t want them either.
