Rubber is a familiar product in everyday life, used in car manufacturing, building, agriculture and clothing. Around the world, inner tubes and tyres from cars, motor bikes and bicycles are reused or reworked for secondary uses. Just look at Road Rash Rubber and
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The same qualities that makes rubber strong and bouncy also make it difficult to break down and recycle. Worldwide, 25 million tonnes of rubber tyres are discarded each year, often in landfill sites where it can take over 100 years for whole tyres to disintegrate.
