Eco Green Blog

For decades, old car and truck tires have dotted the landscape. Tossed in scrap heaps and buried in landfills, they pose a significant environmental hazard. In the last 50 years, the tire disposal problem has risen to the forefront of environmentalists’...

Old tires are everywhere, but that doesn’t mean that people know what to do with them. It has become abundantly clear over the past few decades that we cannot dump them all in landfills without harming the environment. At Eco Green Equipment, we are devoted...

Despite the recent advances made in tire recycling technology and reusing scrap rubber, the question of what to do with old tires still plagues many of us. Most waste haulers and landfills will not accept tires anymore. If they do, there is usually a limit...

When is a tire too worn to drive on safely? Tires should be changed when the tread is worn down to 2/32” and the tire no longer provides good traction while driving. At this point, the tire is no longer useful for its intended purpose. However, most of the...

In a new report released by the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), it’s been revealed that end-of-life tire markets are not keeping pace with the annual generation of scrap tires. Falling Recycling Rates The 2019 Scrap Tire Management Report...

Tires are indeed no friends to the environment. Most tires on the road today are constructed of roughly equal parts natural rubber, petroleum and “carbon black” filler (derived partially from burned fossil fuels), along with a dash of other chemical...

Waste tires are a modern-day hazard that pose a significant challenge to the U.S. Despite recycling efforts and government regulations at the state and national levels, tires are still being disposed of improperly. Some consumers ignorantly stockpile them in...

A rubber mat isn’t the most luxurious home product, but it is useful. Mats are necessary to wipe dirt off before stepping into the house, to keep the floor clean, and to add an aesthetic touch to your door, whether it’s placed inside or outside of the house....

Roughly 1.5 billion car and truck tires are discarded globally each year, and some of that waste is water-bound. To learn more about the effect of those tires on the ocean, we asked a panel of professionals to weigh in. Read on to learn more. Aaron Simmons...