After the Win, but not to the Bin.

Every weekend Dunlop can sell and fit up to 1000 race tires. This means that there is going to be a vast amount of used tires. One question which gets asked over and over is, ‘what happens to all these used race tires?’ The used tires are sent back to Buffalo, NY, where they get sent to a shredding company. There, the tires have the steel bead cut out then the rest of the rubber is shredded into pieces. These small pieces of rubber are recycled and used for a wide range of things. Some include rubber playground surfaces, athletic tracks and the rubber can be used in the foundations of new highways. Having the tires shredded and recycled saves them from going into landfill sites, which helps reduce environmental waste.