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Shocking that some of the best uses for old tyres are to make kid’s play park floorng stink of rubber and wait for it… landfill medium – which goes to show there ain’t many uses for this wasteful material at all.
Having to get snow tires on this time of year makes me think of a couple of things: 1) ugh, winter is around the corner; and, 2) snow tires are a wonderful thing. So, in honor of the underappreciated but highly valuable tire, I offer this...
Surprised they don’t do this already, though I see that these guys got some govt money to develop their injection moulding efforts to see if boots can be made from all that wasted rubber.
Molycop Awarded Industry Commercialisation Grant - Molycop
Molycop, is one step closer to implementing UNSW’s patented Polymer Injection Technology (PIT) following the award of a commercialisation grant from the Australian Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC).
STEAM PUNK GOTH BACKPACK RUCKSACK TYRES IT INNER TUBE RUBBERĂ‚Â BLACK FETISH BIKER. Condition is Used but still in very good condition. We had contact with the actual maker/designer of this bag and they said there was only 80 of this style made! Amazing piece for the price, will turn a lot of hea... Read more
A few years ago I wrote a post about a new initiative in Vancouver: using recycled rubber for a sidewalk, on the south side of the 500 block of East 17th. Here is some of what I wrote at the time: …
After dreaming one night about flexible sidewalks made of rubber and later seeing the interlocking rubber flooring at a health club, Richard Valeriano, who as a public works director in Santa Monica, came up with the idea of rubber sidewalks. But…
Garden Tips: Rubbersidewalks are just the tip of the recycled iceberg
Over 10 years ago I wrote a column about Rubbersidewalks, a new product made from recycled rubber tires. They are an interlocking sidewalk paving system designed to save trees by helping ameliorate the problems that arise when roots of street trees heave and crack sidewalks. Too often city trees are... Read more
Sixty cities in 15 states are taking a playground approach to sidewalk maintenance. They’re testing rubber sidewalks as a way to avoid the costly repairs of concrete walks that have been broken up by tree roots. Officials say the rubber sidewalks as a win-win. But some residents aren’t so sure.
Read ths – despite it being a main selling point, used for marketing you can’t even turn your rubber boots into rubber boots. Shameful.
Shocking that some of the best uses for old tyres are to make kid’s play park floorng stink of rubber and wait for it… landfill medium – which goes to show there ain’t many uses for this wasteful material at all.
Surprised they don’t do this already, though I see that these guys got some govt money to develop their injection moulding efforts to see if boots can be made from all that wasted rubber.
These?
Or diy. Here’s a nice video on Youtube about using inner tubes.
Saw this. didn’t buy though.
STEAM PUNK GOTH BACKPACK RUCKSACK TYRES IT INNER TUBE RUBBERĂ‚Â BLACK FETISH BIKER. Condition is Used but still in very good condition. We had contact with the actual maker/designer of this bag and they said there was only 80 of this style made! Amazing piece for the price, will turn a lot of hea... Read more
Still working well in Vancouver. Come on the rest of the world, catch up.
After dreaming one night about flexible sidewalks made of rubber and later seeing the interlocking rubber flooring at a health club, Richard Valeriano, who as a public works director in Santa Monica, came up with the idea of rubber sidewalks. But…
Great idea and this was a thing years ago, why then never caught on I don’t know. maybe they pollute or break easily?