What to Do With Spare Tires

Do you have old spare tires lying around? If it’s no longer suitable for roadside assistance in the event of a flat, you have three options: try to send it to the landfill, recycle, or repurpose it. If you’re trying to go the easy way out by sending it with your trash pickup, you will probably run into some issues. Many landfills don’t even accept tires because they don’t have the capacity. Plus, tires are fire and environmental hazard, as they are incredibly flammable, and they trap methane gases that is later released into the atmosphere and groundwater supply. Learn things you can do with spare tires.

What to Do With Spare Tires

• Make Rubber Mulch: an increasingly popular way to reuse tires, rubber mulch can serve as a soft ground cover for swing sets, jungle gyms, and play areas. It also makes a good, weed-smothering garden ground cover. Just remove any metal attachments, hose down the tires, rent an industrial-strength shredder, and place the mulch for a safe, environmentally conscious alternative to wood mulch.
• Protect your landscaping: place tires around newly planted or struggling trees to ensure your lawn mower doesn’t damage them.
• Make a tire swing: a childhood staple for many, this simple project provides hours of fun. Attach one end of a rope to a tire and the other to a tree, making sure each end is secure.
• Create an elevated plant bed: fill a tire with soil and plant a flower or veggie of your choice. Potatoes are an especially popular vegetable to plant in a stack of tires, as they retain heat and encourage growth. Paint the outside of the tire to help this new addition to your landscape fit in with the rest of your yard.
• Call JDog Junk Removal & Hauling: skip the work of repurposing or figuring out how to recycle your old tires! Contact a junk hauling company like JDog Junk Removal & Hauling that knows how to responsibly dispose of or recycle tires. Call us today at 844-GET-JDOG to schedule a free estimate.