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How to dispose of bike/car tyres

  • 21-06-2010 3:36pm
    #1
    ipodrocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭


    anyone know where in dublin u can dispose of tyres as the recycling centres dont take tyres??


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  • #2
    Judgement Day
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,549 ✭✭✭✭Judgement Day


    Why not give gormless a shout or one of his minions?
    http://www.greenparty.ie/about/imprint


  • #3
    djpbarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    ipodrocker wrote: »
    anyone know where in dublin u can dispose of tyres as the recycling centres dont take tyres??
    Check with your local petrol station/auto repair shop - I'm sure they must be aware of a recycling service.


  • #4
    jacaranda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭jacaranda


    http://www.crumbrubber.ie/ might also be able to advise you. My understanding is that old tyres are their stock in trade!


  • #5
    bryanw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭bryanw


    Also, they could be re-used by someone who does a bit of gardening. If you grow potatoes, those with small spaces can use tyre stacks to grow them! I'm not sure if garden centres would stock them for that use... but maybe thats a target market for someone to take them off your hands.


  • #6
    gu10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭gu10


    burn in fireplace


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  • #7
    ipodrocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭ipodrocker


    gu10 wrote: »
    burn in fireplace

    thats not exactly helping since this is in environmental thread!


  • #8
    dublinhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭dublinhead


    Liffey


  • #9
    jacaranda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭jacaranda


    gu10 wrote: »
    burn in fireplace

    I was going to mention that I knew someone who used to do just that. He lived at the edge of a bog and , when the wind was blowing over the bog, he used to burn tyres in his solid fuel central heating boiler. They gave an enormous amount of hot water and the house was always toasty!


  • #10
    ipodrocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭ipodrocker


    that doesnt really answered the original question of the thread..


  • #11
    Macha
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 6,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭Macha


    These guys might take them off your hands:

    http://www.crumbrubber.ie/recycling.html

    Your garage or bike shop might also take them.


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  • #12
    jacaranda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭jacaranda


    jacaranda wrote: »
    http://www.crumbrubber.ie/ might also be able to advise you. My understanding is that old tyres are their stock in trade!
    taconnol wrote: »
    These guys might take them off your hands:

    http://www.crumbrubber.ie/recycling.html

    Your garage or bike shop might also take them.

    SNAP!


  • #13
    Macha
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 6,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭Macha


    jacaranda wrote: »
    SNAP!
    Oops didn't see that! :)


  • #14
    jacaranda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭jacaranda


    taconnol wrote: »
    Oops didn't see that! :)

    Lets pretend its a case of great minds thinking alike, and hopefully no one will notice that I'm a fraud!


  • #15
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,604 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Hang on... how is this in any way ecological?
    http://www.crumbrubber.ie/equestrian_rub.html

    Adding foreign/man-made material to soil that isn't easily seperable is effectively pollution.


  • #16
    Macha
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 6,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭Macha


    Possibly, although I think that rubber is a natural enough material that is inert. I imagine any chemical additives are removed before putting any into the ground. The same can't be said for those that end up in a land fill.

    For those really interested, this report might help:

    http://www.wbcsd.org/web/Tires-FrameworkForEffectiveELTManagementSystems-Final.pdf


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