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Is this for thermoplastics? Or does it include thermosetting plastic and rubbers? It would be interesting if they could actually recycle car tires, I believe w
by RenRav 7y ago
Is this for thermoplastics? Or does it include thermosetting plastic and rubbers?
It would be interesting if they could actually recycle car tires, I believe what currently happens is burning or shredding into mulch.
- hanniabu 7y agoPretty upsetting that it's used to mulch. We're intentionally putting and think it's a great idea at the same time, go figure.
- zdragnar 7y agoWhy is it upsetting? Lots of playgrounds around here, especially at schools, have moved entirely to shredded rubber instead of wood mulch, almost entirely due to safety concerns. I don't see the concern over safety, given all the rough housing I did as a kid at just such a playground, but if it brings peace of mind, I don't see why it would be upsetting to anyone.
- ip26 7y agoI once visited a shredded rubber playground at 10,000' on a midsummer day. The sun was intense, and as a result the offgassing from the tire chips was so dramatic you could literally see a layer of gasses hanging over the mulch. (They were colorless, but your eye could pick up on the disturbance & shifts in the light) It reeked.
- mrob 7y agoI think it's more likely you were seeing refraction caused by the change in density of the layer of hot air: "heat haze". Any dark colored material would have the same air-heating effect.
- ip26 7y agoMaybe, but I've never seen "heat haze" curl & wisp, and it doesn't reek of tires & chemicals.
- RenRav 7y agoI don't about safety, but back in the day my nieces used to get their clothing covered in black residue from their park's new rubber mulch.
- hanniabu 7y ago> Lots of playgrounds around here, especially at schools, have moved entirely to shredded rubber instead of wood mulch, almost entirely due to safety concerns. That's pretty ironic considering reports that it's less safe (toxic).