We actually pay ($1 per tire I think) to have dead tires collected and recycled. We have been unable to find anyone willing to recycle dead inner tubes so we cut out the valves and give them away as free tie downs. All usable road tires or off road tires with a continuous center tread are re-sold. About 90% of our knobby off road tires are sent to Africa through BFH (Bicycles For Humanity).

Chris Wells
(Email Handler & one of many Volunteer Head Mechanics)

re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op
473 Bronson Ave. Ottawa
info@re-cycles.ca
http://www.re-cycles.ca/

--- On Thu, 6/24/10, chris turner <chris.0.turner@gmail.com> wrote:

From: chris turner <chris.0.turner@gmail.com>
Subject: [TheThinkTank] piles of tires
To: thethinktank@bikecollectives.org
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 4:24 PM

Hey, gang.

At Off the Chain, in Anchorage, we have piles and piles of used tires. We can't use all of them, are tired of paying to store them, and don't want to throw so much rubber into a landfill. What are other shops doing with all of their extra, un-useable tires?

-Chris
Off the Chain
www.offthechainak.org

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