Yes, google "recycle bike inner tubes" for other ideas! There are some nice looking messenger bags out there. 

What about old tires? I've seen ideas for door mats and fenders -- does anyone use them for anything?

Thanks!!

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 2:45 AM, Beth Barnes <islow4bikes@gmail.com> wrote:
Ur a star, will do.





On Jun 1, 2015, at 9:35 PM, Tom Martin <thomas.martin6@pcc.edu> wrote:

Contact Pedro's. They have coordinated tube recycling in the past

Tom Martin
ASPCC bike program coordinator 
Cascade
Sent on the go. Please excuse brevity and typos. 

On Jun 1, 2015, at 6:31 PM, <veganboyjosh@gmail.com> <veganboyjosh@gmail.com> wrote:

Splaff (a post-consumer tire/tube clothing, etc mamufacturer) used to pay shipping for boxes of slime-free tubes. Don't know if they still do. This was ~10 years ago. I'm certain there are more companies doing similar work now.

On Monday, June 1, 2015, Beth Barnes <islow4bikes@gmail.com> wrote:
Thx, I will contact CRM for a suggestion. Maybe next time I fly home to Long Beach I can bring them :)





On Jun 1, 2015, at 8:19 PM, Michael Kirk <michael.john.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:

When we get a large enough load, we fill up a truck and drive down to CRM in south Los Angeles. 


There's probably somewhere more carbon effective that you could deliver closer to VT.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Beth Barnes <islow4bikes@gmail.com> wrote:
Michael, where do u send to recycling. I'm very remote and would happily box and send.
Thx a million





On Jun 1, 2015, at 5:58 PM, Michael Kirk <michael.john.kirk@gmail.com> wrote:

We do the same as Mary, and always leave a few tubes in every size to be patched by folks looking for a free tube or a work trade opportunity.

...which still leaves us with about 98% of our old tubes to send to recycling. =(

M

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Mary-Catherine Graziano <marycatherine@localmotion.org> wrote:
I cut them up into 1/2" strips, so that I have tiny little rubber bands.  They're great for attaching streamers to bicycle handles.

Mary Catherine Graziano

Outreach and Education Manager
Local Motion
1 Steele St., Burlington, VT  05401

www.localmotion.org

      



On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Beth Barnes <islow4bikes@gmail.com> wrote:
Could the think tank tell me what you/they do with old tire tubes? I'm in northeast VT, far from anywhere. Thanks for ideas,
Beth




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