Recycled Tires Sidewalk

It seems that there are a few ways to use an old tire other than as a swing. Rubber Sidewalks Inc. has built a sucessful business on recycling old, used tires into rubber sidewalks.

Rubbersidewalks, Inc. is the leading supplier of non-concrete sidewalks in the world. The revolutionary product was introduced in 2001 as fundamentally new system: modular sidewalk paving. Rubbersidewalks offers an alternative to concrete: heavy-duty, sidewalk-worthy rubber paving tiles (pavers) made of 100 % recycled California tire rubber primarily for use in place of concrete where sidewalks are adjacent to trees.

Check out the website and the NBC news clip to learn more.

NBC Nightly News
Cities turn tires into sidewalks

Source: Rubbersidewalks.com

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Joshy 79 said:

that would fill pretty cool and would be perfect for sidewalk hockey!

Posted at 01:15 PM, on August 19 2007

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Luis said:

Great post!

If the economics don't work, recycling efforts won't either.
As our little contribution to make this economics of recycling more appealing,http://LivePaths.com blogs about people and companies that make money selling recycled or reused items, provide green services or help us reduce our dependency on non renewable resources.

Posted at 03:39 PM, on August 25 2007

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Jyle Dupuis said:

Thanks for the link. Its true that the economics need to work. But if the economics don't work than it needs to be an ethical decision.

Posted at 08:05 PM, on August 30 2007

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