You know the Jersey Barrier; now meet the Colorado Barrier. Every eight feet of barrier uses 100 recycled tires. "A mile’s worth of barriers uses 65,000 tires. Over 1.8 billion tires end up in landfills or are burned each year." - ThreadSky

davidzipper.bsky.social • 22 days ago

You know the Jersey Barrier; now meet the Colorado Barrier. Every eight feet of barrier uses 100 recycled tires.

"A mile’s worth of barriers uses 65,000 tires. Over 1.8 billion tires end up in landfills or are burned each year."

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dynasaurarmoir.bsky.social•22 days ago

You could probably encase it in HDPE plastic and avoid some of the solar degradation of rubber in exchange for plastic

belindaappleyard.bsky.social•22 days ago

What about just painting it?

paulluton.bsky.social•22 days ago

@richmondcycling.bsky.social
If the council is worried about the cost of keeping wands clean ?

dangnelson.bsky.social•22 days ago

Tires should be treated as toxic waste and quarantined until we know what to do with it. We need to move away from cars and shift to rail and light EVs like scooters and e-bikes.

bengoldfarb.bsky.social•22 days ago

Sweet, another opportunity for 6PPD to enter the environment!

chanface.bsky.social•22 days ago

Is there anyway to maybe coat it with something more stable to seal all the 6PPD in?

dorght.bsky.social•22 days ago

What happens when Wily E. Coyote runs into a rubber barrier?
Do they make a shorter version for bike lanes? Tall enough that trucks can't straddle them, but low enough that recumbents and wheel chairs are visible.

davidzipper.bsky.social•22 days ago

An important point, as 6PPD (a tire composite) is toxic and lethal for fish. Info below.

I'm not an enviro engineer, but I'd imagine that turning tires into barriers is less harmful than burning them or letting them gradually degrade in landfills. (If you disagree, I'm all ears.)

billh.bsky.social•22 days ago

yeah... I dont know how using it for good vs letting it sit in a landfill is affecting it getting into the environment either way, so might as well use it for good and not have to make and transport more concrete

fourtheye.bsky.social•22 days ago

Sorry David. Please argue against cars, but to single out EVs is egregious. An EV may produce a little more tyre polution, although you sight no evidence. However, it produces no carcinogens or local Nox and minimal brake dust. This article only helps the fossil fuel industry.

coffeeknife.bsky.social•22 days ago

it's also better than using them in playgrounds

tankbag.bsky.social•22 days ago

Considering major roadways (and rail) already serve as a conduit for toxic chemicals from fuel, lubricants, tires, brakes, clutches, and whatever cargo spills out from sea to shining sea, it must be better to concentrate pollution to those routes?

thequickbrownfox.bsky.social•22 days ago

Burning would go through air pollution control mechanisms, and most landfills are lined which allow you to collect the leachate and treat it at a wastewater treatment facility. There exist stormwater BMPs but those likely have far less removal efficiency. I think a coating/shield would be necessary.

richardcampbell.net•22 days ago

Interesting. Wonder if they cause tire dust, micro-plastic pollution or other pollution as they weather and wear down. Or from their production and installation.

hansimunasinghe.bsky.social•22 days ago

Isn't this just gonna slowly degrade and leach into the environment?

kylemalloy.bsky.social•22 days ago

6PPD has a stormwater management solution. The problem is the fed cuts will likely impact research on the most effective BMPs, and the current administration will be unsupportive of job creating incentives for state DOTs to retrofit existing infrastructure...

stacymon.bsky.social•22 days ago

This may be the best Colorado thing I've seen today. What do you think @nexton9news.bsky.social?

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