Spain’s TNU asks; “Did you know that the energy savings of the retreaded tyres of a truck would supply energy to 482 homes for 1 day?”
Retreading is a process by which a used tyre is given a new useful life by replacing the original tread with a new one.
Among the advantages of this process are ecological and economic savings: savings in oil consumption, savings in water consumption, savings in energy consumption and savings in CO2 emissions into the environment.
To manufacture a new truck tyre takes 141 litres of oil, 15,680 litres of water and 338 kg of CO2 are...
