Bonn, September 21.09.2020st, XNUMX Motorists know: Tires are driven from O to O. Summer tires are the right choice from Easter to October and winter tires in the other months. The change is coming up again soon, but what actually happens to the tires that no longer have enough profile?
Almost 48 million cars are currently registered in Germany. These roll on 192 million tires and many vehicle owners regularly switch from summer to winter tires and back again. In addition, there are millions of commercial vehicles and their tires. Most of the tires are stored when they are changed for the new season, but there are also more than 580.000 tons of old tires that can no longer be used on the road because they have too little tread or are damaged.
This is not a problem for buyers at first, as the tire dealer often accepts the tires for a small fee and disposes of them. The ZARE initiative calls on dealers to dispose of used tires professionally or to recycle them. Unfortunately, there are still black sheep within the industry who dispose of tires illegally. Only profiles that are still roadworthy are often sold abroad, the rest end up in rivers, lakes or on wild dumps in nature. The risk of being caught doing this is obviously not too great. More information is also available here.
Tires can be completely reused and recycled. Whether retreading, material or thermal recycling - every tire can be put to valuable use after its first life without any problems. Dumped in nature, on the other hand, it is not only a burden on the environment, but also a burden on public coffers. Because cities and municipalities have to pay for the disposal. Companies that illegally dispose of used tires thus harm the community in several ways. Incidentally, a so-called “environmental offence” can also be classified as a criminal offense that will be prosecuted accordingly.
Specialist companies that, on the other hand, have the tires disposed of in an exemplary manner can easily and visibly differentiate themselves. When changing, drivers can be actively asked about the topic and suitable information also helps to sensitize customers to the topic.
About the ZARE initiative
The ZARE initiative is an association of 18 certified old tire disposal companies organized in the Bundesverband Reifenhandel und Vulkaniseur-Handwerk eV (BRV), which has set itself the task of raising awareness of professional tire recycling in Germany. All ZARE partners are members of the BRV. ZARE informs drivers about environmentally friendly disposal of old tires. At 25 locations, the ZARE partners cover almost all of Germany, the Netherlands and Austria.
The partners of the initiative are:
Allgemeine Gummiwertstoff und Reifenhandels GmbH, Bender Reifen Recycling GmbH, CVS Reifen GmbH, Danninger OHG Spezialtransporte, Hartung Speditions-, Handels- und Transport GmbH, HRV GmbH, KARGRO BV, KRAIBURG Austria GmbH & Co. KG, KURZ Karkassenhandel GmbH, MRH Mülsener Rohstoff - und Handelsgesellschaft mbH, PVP Triptis GmbH, Reifen DRAWS GmbH, Reifen Külshammer, Reifengruppe Ruhr, REIFEN OKA - Reifenhandel, Reifen Recyclingbetrieb Brenz GmbH, RuLa-BRW GmbH, TireTech GmbH
Material:
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Caption: Used tires have no place in nature.
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Caption: Not a pretty sight: Old tires are illegally disposed of in nature time and time again.
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