Discarded tires, "get out" green rubber sidewalks popular new way of the United States

U.S. so-called "country on wheels", each year out of a large number of discarded tires. These researchers will not deal with the "rubbish" to waste Bao, made of discarded tires laying rubber tiles on the sidewalk of the road, not only energy, the knee's good, and long service life and easy to maintain. At present, the United States has more than 60 cities have laid rubber sidewalks. Washington, DC has spent 60,000 U.S. dollars, rubber brick replacement of damaged concrete sidewalk.

Many advantages

According to U.S. media reports, although the 1 square meters, "the tire broken," the road than 1 square meters of cement road in your 3-fold, but the "broken tire," the road of life than the concrete road surface longer because the roots are cold and will not damage the tires shredded The road. As a result, will be able to reduce the cement due to fall footpath leading to uneven pavement caused by the lawsuit.

Rubber brick laying of the road can also shock absorption, for jogging is good for the joints. If you accidentally fall jogger, "the tire broken," they will not have to knock about pain.

At the same time, the rubber sidewalks are more easy to environmental protection. Every year, the United States scrapped tires as many as 290,000,000, made of shredded tire rubber brick to pave the way so that the surface has been re-use of discarded tires, and they will not restrict the growth of the trees.

Washington, DC Department of Transportation deputy head of posio Michel said: "With the growth of trees and mature, the roots began to swell, the sidewalk Ku followed up. With 'broken tires' on road surface, we can have a beautiful Healthy trees can have a safe, smooth road. "

Popular

Since 2001, California's rubber sidewalks began to lay on the sidewalk for the production of the rubber surface of the brick. Staff first Grated into a discarded tires, and then joined the chemical adhesive, and then adding the chemical adhesive used tires Grated forming baking. In general, rubber products bricks per square foot weight in the following 10 jin, only the weight of cement bricks 1 / 4.

California's rubber sidewalks founder, president, said Lindsay Smith, many of the rubber brick has been laid at the roots damage the road surface on the sidewalk. In addition, every 3 years, the cement sidewalk needs an overhaul, bad weather and snow removal have required sidewalk replacement of cement block, and "tire broken," the life of the pavement can be up to 7 years.

Washington, DC, has spent 60,000 U.S. dollars, rubber brick in place of broken cement blocks. Shalinbeike a resident of the area said: "The district has been laying rubber tiles, the four seasons change, you do not need to worry about the sidewalk cracks of the cement block."

More human

In addition, the laying of such a rubber brick sidewalks of the United States than usual for the laying of track stadium or sports venue is more protective of hard rubber, but more flexibility. American Academy of Plastic Surgery Kailiboshi Frank said, walking in the rubber on the road, not too easy to heel spur, knee and back problems more difficult.