Gordon Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 With thousands of cars and others on the roads, all using rubber on the roads, tyres wear out. Well, where is all the rubber from the tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 on my windscreen... fn trucks presume it's soaked into the ground with the rain runoff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Good question..... I'm sure we will find out for certain once the Government tax us for "tyre tread disposal" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 On the A249 in the inside lane and on most of the car's that were behind me after a lorry had a blow out and i had to slam my brake's on to avoid it lol i left a nice big 11 down it oh his tyre ended up in the field to the left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 What do you think rubber plants are fertilised with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 What do you think rubber plants are fertilised with? Oh dear..... thats bad even for a Thursday... I've never thought about this before but really quite scary when you think about it. The heavier particles will wash into drains and runoff (or lighter when its raining) as Noel says. On dry days it must get airbourne and into the atmosphere, people lungs and other areas. True rubber is inert so not an issue but tyres aren't made like this. Not sure what percentage is actually rubber or some hydrocarbon based allotrope. In commercial tyres and there are all sorts of heavy metals and other chemicals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 What do you think rubber plants are fertilised with? that's just cheered me rite up for the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Topic got me thinking I "think" a vast majority of the rubber will become embedded in the road it's self, hence the black lines you see on motorways. It's only a theory, please don't beat me up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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