Tyres, a Massive Blight on The Planet..

Hypocritical of me, I’m as dependent on car tyres as the next, but conflicted nonetheless.

Did you know: About 3 billion new tyres are produced each year, and approx 800 million tyres become waste annually! Tyres are one of the world’s largest environmental pollutants and health hazards.

I saw this distressing Youtube video recently, of a sea-lion saved from a life shortened by a tyre-necklace. (And boy, do we know about the euphemism “necklace”, here in South Africa!)

While waiting to have my tyres changed, this cloud burst, sending everyone running for cover..

Repurposed as a fishing net, but now discarded, shifting up and down the beach in concert with the tides.

12 tyres in this photo alone, wtaf!

So many tyres littering the shore..

Old tyres are everywhere.

Tyre cemetery..

A farmer repurposing..

Pre-loved tyres.. ;)

No longer able to even function as a quay-side buffer, or a home for mussels.

What to do with these worn-out tractor tyres? I know, why not dump them on the beach..

If Elon Musk could apply his fortune and attention closer to earth, finding an alternative and a disposal solution to toxic tyres, it would be money well spent.