Dive summary:
- Liberty Tire Recycling removed hundreds of used tires from the infield of the Kansas Speedway, where they were left after the construction of a new road course at the NASCAR facility.
- The tires had been stockpiled for use as soft walls on the road course, now that they were no longer needed the tires sat collected in the infield of the track.
- All of the collected tires will be used for eco-friendly products, including crumb rubber and industrial feedstock for molded products, tire-derived fuel for industrial kilns, mills and power plants, and rubber mulch for landscaping and playgrounds.
From the press release:
Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, recently removed hundreds of used tires from the infield of Kansas Speedway that were left over after the construction of a new road course at the NASCAR facility owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation. The tires had been stockpiled for use as soft walls on the road course. All of the tires Liberty Tire Recycling collected will be used as material for eco-friendly products, including crumb rubber and industrial feedstock for molded products, tire-derived fuel for industrial kilns, mills and power plants, and rubber mulch for landscaping and playgrounds. ...