If you guessed that the 3-word phrase at the end of the title of this paper is a whimsical name for those round things on a road-vehicle that come in contact with the road, you are correct.
Disposing of waste is a big and rapidly growing problem, both in the U.S. and world-wide. Some waste is relatively easy to recycle, like paper, cardboard, glass and wood. Although a bit harder-to-recycle, metal-waste also typically has a higher value, and many metals can also be easily sorted via magnetic-methods. Then we start getting to the objects that are difficult to recycle, and the resulting raw materials have a low value. These are currently prime-candidates for land-fills, but these facilities are not the best use for land, especially in areas with high population densities. Worn-out tires are mostly on the “land-fill” end of this spectrum, and this is a world-wide issue. In this paper we suggest that there is a creative way to recycle tires rather than disposing of them.
