Maksim Safaniuk/Shutterstock January 11, 2024 One-and-a-half billion tyres wasted annually – there’s a better way to recycle them James Robert Innes, University of Bradford New technique could drastically improve the recyclability of rubber tyres.
Antrim coastal road, Northern Ireland. Nahlik/Shutterstock May 19, 2023 Check your tyres: you might be adding unnecessary microplastics to the environment Samantha Garrard, Plymouth Marine Laboratory Inflating your cars’ tyres properly isn’t just good for your bank account - it can minimise your environmental footprint too.
Salmon crowd a river in Washington State in the US as they swim upstream to spawn. Danita Delimont/Shutterstock January 8, 2021 How city roads trap migrating fish Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley, Swansea University A recent US study found tyre chemicals were polluting rivers and poisoning migratory salmon.
New, eco-friendly ways of recycling tyres are needed. Reuters August 10, 2016 A fresh focus on new approaches to recycling tyres is needed Itziar Iraola Arregui, Stellenbosch University Used tyres pose a serious environmental challenge. So far, traditional recycling methods have proved insufficient to solve the problem. New, eco-friendy alternatives are now being explored.