THE XTYRE BUSINESS MODEL AIMS
TO SAVE THE WORLD ONE TYRE AT A TIME.
The global tyre figure is in excess of 26 million tons generated per annum.
Over 1.6 billion new tyres are manufactured each year. Unrecycled tyre waste is an enormous global problem because of its non-biodegradability, its flammability and its composition. Due to the large volumes and 75% void space, used tyres are not suitable for landfills.
Used tyres remain buoyant and rise to the surface of waste sites due to their design. The process of dumping tyres has been linked to increased mosquito and other insect breeding, contamination of both underground and above ground water systems, as well as chemically destroying many beneficial bacteria that grow in the soil within and surrounding a landfill.
