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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 17715128" data-attributes="member: 158020">-World’s Biggest Tire Graveyard- An average automobile tire can travel around 30,000 kilometers  before they need to be replaced. Tires that have reached the end of  their lifetime are usually recycled, but in Kuwait, they are dumped into  one of the biggest landfills on earth in Sulaibiya area near Kuwait  City. Every year gigantic holes are dug out in the desert and filled  with old tyres. There are already seven million tires out there. The  expanse of rubber is so vast that they are now visible from space.    The  tires arrive from both Kuwait and other countries. Four companies are  currently in charge of the disposal of the tires - and are believed to  be recompensed handsomely for their efforts. Discarded tires are among the largest and most problematic sources of  waste, due to the large volume produced, their durability, and the fact  they contain a number of components that are environmentally damaging.  During the 1980s and 1990s, 259 million tires were discarded annually. In the year 2000-2001, the United States and countries of the European Union disposed off 5 million tonnes  of tires - the equivalent of one passenger car tyre per person.One-fourth of these end up in landfills. Others are recycled, burned as  fuel or re-treaded and exported to countries in Eastern Europe, Africa  and Latin America. The U.S. state of Florida once attempted to create an artificial reef out of discarded tires. The project failed terribly and has since become an environmental nightmare that will cost millions of dollars to rectify. Materials  from properly recycled tires are used for a variety of uses including a  children's playground, running tracks, artificial sports pitches, fuel  for cement kilns, carpet underlay, equestrian arenas and flooring. Tires  can also be usefully recycled and re-purposed into flood defences. If  waste tires are in good condition, they can be re-molded and put back on  the road as "re-treads."    A large percentage of disused tires  are simply burnt for fuel. The calorific value of tires exceeds that of  coal, while the sulphur content is in the same order of magnitude or  even lower, making them an excellent substitute for coal.    Landfilling  is probably the least desired because they occupy large space. Tires  can also trap methane gases posing serious fire hazards. In fact, fires  outbreaks in tire landfills are common occurrences. <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-18-cPGVQxKs/VK-NJMERubI/AAAAAAAA-c8/7X8X6PfFcEs/kuwait-tire-graveyard-1%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Satellite picture of the tire dump in Sulaibiya, Kuwait.) <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6trcejqF1I8/VK-NMO_dXNI/AAAAAAAA-dE/3Gae5IW4hUg/kuwait-tire-graveyard-2%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-E1j5DZGO7Sc/VK-NPzkx3bI/AAAAAAAA-dM/kwxFdcS9DsY/kuwait-tire-graveyard-3%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-u492m1puKds/VK-NVNGPV9I/AAAAAAAA-dU/dJN4w71NTnI/kuwait-tire-graveyard-4%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-b2CHRBOXd-M/VK-NXlXcBLI/AAAAAAAA-dc/YtiPF3N8wwA/kuwait-tire-graveyard-5%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WHd-jiV3B-w/VK-NZmLCT_I/AAAAAAAA-dk/a_XMmZP_Y1Q/kuwait-tire-graveyard-6%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Nuc_lZdy7XU/VK-NbY39ykI/AAAAAAAA-ds/9Gh8wyixHpo/kuwait-tire-graveyard-8%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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