Washington State’s Puget Sound Polluted with Tyres
Over the years, waste tyres have been dumped in Washington State’s Puget Sound. Local estimates suggest around half a million tyres may need to be removed from the water.
Environmentalists claim that the dumped tyres are releasing toxins into the local waterway, harming flora and fauna as a result.
President of the Washington Scuba Alliance, Jim Trask, told local media; “It can take four to six years of steady requests for state funding for the 24 sites along the Puget Sound that have tyres to be removed.”.
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