A new way of ridding the world of old tyres has been developed in Germany.
The solution is a reverse vulcanisation process that effectively creates new
rubber from old tyres.
G眉nter Mennig and Hannes Michael of the University of Chemnitz, Germany,
have a patented the process for transforming tyres into a reusable raw material.
They take ground-up tyres, add a polymeriser and heat them, creating, they say,
鈥渁 raw material which can be repeatedly melted and used鈥�. The new material is
elastic and will stretch to double its original size before breaking.