On 30-Oct-07, at 3:45 PM, Velocipede Bike Project wrote:
recycled as metal scrap (and now that our local MEC store takes our dead tires for recycling our garbage now is mainly old seats and other plastic bits).
that's a question for you guys... what do you do with your old dry
rotted tires? We can't find anyone that will take them in baltimore. I
found one place that would charge a dollar a pound to recycle them,
obviously not an option for us.......Any ideas about who to talk to and what to do with them if not?
The only reuse idea I've had is to make potts out of them which would be time consuming, and only use afew......Beth Velocipede Bike Project Baltimore, MD
Before MEC stated taking them from us we just had to throw them out,
because the only other place that would take them charged $1.50 PER
tire! (MEC pays the processing fee and absorbs the cost as part of
their community outreach budget).
So as you can see, we couldn't find a good use for them either, but
we do save innertubes! We cut the valves out and give them away as
bungee cords / tie-downs. They are great for securing things because
they rarely slip once knotted. And if the knot is too tight to undo
you simply cut it away and your tie-down is now a few inches
shorter. Big deal - when it finally gets too short your shop will
always have a supply of replacements. ;)
Mark