Have you ever wandered down the local neighborhood and thought, what on earth is that smell? It smells like someone has just had a crash with a silage container. You know you are not walking down a small road in the countryside (you’re in your local neighborhood), where some farmer is doing the muck spreading behind the hedge you have just walked past.
The smell is invading your nostrils and reminds you of a dodgy trip in the car you went on with your parents when you where young. As the strong odor hits the back of your throat, the memory of being sick in the car, because of that exact same smell rushes through your mind.
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Almost any tire can be recycled, including passenger vehicle tires (cars, motorbikes, buses and even airplanes) and commercial trucks and trailers. So you can imagine that the amount of these tires that cannot be reused because they are too worn down, or suffered irreparable damage is phenomenal.
First of all the rubber recycling process involves the collection of these discarded tires. Tires left on landfill sites or burn harm the environment, so a much better way is to recycle this abundance of rubber. A whole host of new markets have opened up recently to make good use of this rubber, one being the tire mulch industry. Recycling rubber tires not only helps the environment, but the economy too, as people need to be employed for the recycling process of rubber.
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Posted in Enviroment, Recycled Tires, Rubber, Rubber Mulch, recycle
A friend told me about this experience the other day and I think it was rather poignant.
Walking around the other day was very interesting, the scenery, what I could see of it was beautiful, the soda cans were being used by young snail’s as a playground, plastic bags in the hedgerows that rats where using to play hide and seek with, and multi colored bags flying up in the air creating what some might consider as modern art in our trees surrounding the environment.
The snails, seemed to be enjoying themselves especially, the one who was stuck, kind of half way in, and half way out. He was wriggling about faster than I have ever seen a snail move, in his natural environment.
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Following from a recent blog post – Rubber Mulch FAQ, here are some more questions that are often asked about using rubber mulch in your garden.
Why is rubber mulch a better alternative to wood mulch?
To start of with, rubber mulch is a really environmentally friendly type of matter to have in your garden, and an indicator to all people who see it, that you are helping the environment!
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