Bonn, October 14.10.2021, XNUMX For safety-conscious drivers, one thing is clear: summer and winter tires are driven from O to O. Summer tires are the right equipment from Easter to October and winter tires are the safest choice in the other months. Now the change is on again. Do you know what happens to the worn tires?
Around 48 million cars are registered in Germany. Without trucks, there are 192 million tires on the roads alone. Around 50 million of these are changed every year and the old tires are disposed of accordingly. Together with tires from commercial vehicles (including trucks, construction machinery and agricultural vehicles), vans and motorcycles, this amounts to around 580.000 tons per year in Germany.
Tires have not been allowed to be landfilled for a long time. They must be properly disposed of or recycled. As a rule, most motorists care little about what happens to the old rubbers. When changing, the dealer or workshop accepts them. But does he take care of the right way? The ZARE initiative calls on workshops and dealers to dispose of old tires professionally. Every driver can actively help with this.
For you as a customer, the question arises: How do I know whether my dealer will dispose of the tires properly? A first indication is provided by looking at the invoice. The price consists of the new tyre, tire fitting and a disposal fee for the old tyres. If the latter is listed separately, there is a lot to be said for the tires being disposed of in a really sustainable way.
If only a flat rate is noted on the invoice, you can simply ask the dealer or workshop, "What happens to the old tires now?" Anyone who behaves in an environmentally friendly manner and has tires disposed of professionally will be happy to provide information. Sometimes there is also a corresponding entry for disposal on the website of the dealer or the car dealership. If not, there's no harm in asking.
It's amazing what you can do with old tires.
Tire recycling is a proven technology. The worn tires can be completely reused and recycled. Whether retreading, material or thermal recycling - after its first life, every tire can be used without any problems and in a resource-saving manner. Among other things, a new secondary raw material (ELT) is produced from the old tires, which is used for fall protection mats, sports fields, noise protection walls, plant pots or rubber asphalt, among other things. Under no circumstances should the tires be left in nature, where they are a burden on the environment. The municipalities, which then have to dispose of the tires properly, are also burdened. More information about new products from old tires can be found here: www.initiative-new-life.de
About the ZARE initiative
The ZARE initiative is an amalgamation of 19 companies organized in the Federal Association of Tire Trade and Vulcanizing Trades (BRV), 16 of which are certified waste management companies. The ZARE partners have set themselves the task of raising awareness of professional tire recycling in Germany. ZARE informs drivers about the environmentally friendly disposal of used tires. At 26 locations, the ZARE partners cover almost all of Germany and the Netherlands.
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, Mondo Reifenmarkt GmbH , MRH Mülsener Rohstoff- und Handelsgesellschaft mbH, NZ-Entsorgung eK, PVP Triptis GmbH, Reifen DRAWS GmbH, Reifen Külshammer, Reifengruppe Ruhr, REIFEN OKA - tire trade, tire recycling company Brenz GmbH, TireTech GmbH
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Figure 1: short_tire container
Caption: Tires have not been allowed to be landfilled for a long time. They must be properly disposed of or recycled.
Source: KURZ Karkassenhandel GmbH
Figure 2: short_tire stack
Caption: A tire can have many lives: Recycled rubber can be used for the production of new tires, but also for retreaded tires.
Source: KURZ Karkassenhandel GmbH
