Safe disposal. A project on elimination of illegal dumping of car tires is launched in Russia
In order to reduce environmental harm from dumping of hazardous waste and to promote environmentally safe disposal in Russia, a project has been launched to eliminate illegal dumping of automobile tires. Large spontaneous accumulations of ownerless waste tires will not only be exported, but also recycled at specialized enterprises into crumb rubber, will be used in roofing materials or bituminous plastics, will become a drip irrigation system or other types of products.
It is known that tires, which have served their life, decompose in the ground for more than a hundred years, polluting the soil and groundwater. In Russia, over a million tons of worn tires are emitted annually, only 20–25% of which is recycled safely for the environment. From January 1, 2019, the burial of tires in Russia is officially prohibited.