Just to add to what JF said re the Bike Kitchen in Vancouver - we combine tire loads with 2 other community bike shops in town and drive them to a tire processor in a Modo (car share) pickup truck. We don't pay to recycle them anymore, they just take them for free and throw them into a pile of what is mostly semi truck tires. We do have to weigh in/out. They get chipped on site and used for asphalt production (and probably other things I don't know about!)
There used to be a second recycler in town and we had tried for several years to combine tire runs with other bike shops but that never quite got off the ground for a number of reasons.
Thinking about it makes me tired!
*Sunny Nestler*, *Programs Manager* AMS Bike Co-op + Bike Kitchen University of British Columbia 604-822-2453 | thebikekitchen.ca http://thebikekitchen.ca| @BikeKitchenUBC
On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 11:27 AM Tigre Bici bici.uanl@gmail.com wrote:
Just to recommend a book that starts with car tire disposal in san diego and ends with bicycles https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25690420-the-coyote-s-bicycle
On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 7:18 AM Eric Brozell eric@bikeerie.org wrote:
Dear Think Tank Supporters,
There are things that can be done with used tires. This image was of an old rack that we updated and made a little bit more secure.
To add to the recycling idea. We reuse inner tubes for tie wraps. The wraps are used to tie matched parts together, tie parts onto a bike during an extended repair process, and just an easy to use and reuse organizer tool. I like these over the plastic tie wraps because I can untie them without a tool to cut them off.
Eric Brozell Bike Erie and Pedal Mettle Erie
On Oct 12, 2019, at 2:33 AM, DancesWithCars danceswithcars@gmail.com wrote:
They make good bungee cords for hauling things on touring racks...
As shims, anti-twist, rub, etc for stuff on handlebars like camera, light, etc mounts...
I've seen a co-op wrap handlebars with them..
Phoenix made bow ties out of some...
Just sayin, get creative...
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 19:02 Jean-François Caron jfcaron3@gmail.com wrote:
At the AMS Bike Co-op in Vancouver for a while we had to personally deliver the tires to an industrial recycler in a really bike-unfriendly part of town. We would borrow the student society's pickup truck to do a delivery a few times per year. They charged by the ton. IIRC we also co-operated with other community bike shops to aggregate all our tires for a single delivery.
Whether they take bicycle tires is really up to the individual recyclers, you have to call and ask for specifics. Unfortunately the volumes are usually so low a lot of companies won't think it's worth the hassle - even if you pay a fee.
At smaller shops where I've volunteered the tires just end up in the trash.
Jean-François On 2019-10-11 12:22 p.m., Kristin Kinnamon wrote:
Our local Les Schwab tire store takes them as part of their recycling program.
Kristin Kinnamon
Sharing Wheels Community Bike Shop
On Fri, Oct 11, 2019, 8:46 AM breathingplanet . < breathingplanet@gmail.com> wrote:
what do you do with your no good tires (dry rot, worn out, etc) ?
Survey says.......
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