Published on February 06, 2019.-

Although they are classified as non-hazardous, tire waste can cause damage to the environment and to the health and safety of people if they are not properly treated.

Their accumulation, for example, can contribute to the proliferation of vectors, such as mosquitoes and rodents, due to stagnant waters and the inaccessibility of storage areas, or also increase the risk of uncontrollable fires in places where they are piled up without adequate control measures. control.

 In this sense, the authority in Chile recommends not to accumulate them, throw them away, burn them or bury them, but to deliver them in the servitecas where they are replaced. You can also ask that the municipalities have a specific plan for its collection. This, considering that used tires can be recycled and even transformed into alternative fuel or other construction materials.