How many used tires will be recycled in AR?
Waste tires are environmental problems. If buried whole in a landfill, they can float to the surface, break through the cap of the landfill, and expose once buried waste to the environment. In whole tire stockpiles, water can sit in the tires making them ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The EPA estimates that over $5,000,000 USD is spent each year to combat mosquito borne diseases, such as encephalitis and yellow fever. As with whole tire stockpiles, shredded tire stockpiles are high risk fire hazards that create environmental disasters in the air and water tables. It is estimated that between 1500 and 2000 old tires are used for every lane-mile that is resurfaced at a depth of 1-inch with AR. About 300-million used tires are generated annually in the United States alone.
