Tyres are designed to ensure safety and performance for drivers and passengers in all types of road vehicles. Their inherent use demands design to be indestructible through the manufacture of different resilient components such a steel and rubber.

There are some 200 components, which are used to make a tyre. These different components are used to ensure that the tyres can withstand many different impacts and pressures from the vehicles they are carrying and the roads they are travelling along.

When tyres become worn and reach their end of life, these components make disposal of the tyre more difficult:

• The actual material is not bio-degradable
• The tyres cannot be returned to the individual components

These elements – so vital when in use – present considerable difficulties when tyres have reached the end of their useful lives and require disposal.

Key
1. Spiral Bound Zero Degree Belt
2. Crown Bracing Plies containing Metallic Cords
3. Crown Support Filler
4. Butyl Inner Lining
5. Bead
6. Bead Wire
7. Bead Filler
8. Casing Ply
9. Sidewall
10. Tread
11. Crown Reinforcing Ply