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Recycling tubes?
I have a big box of blown bike tubes that I'd like to recycle. Does anyone
know of a place that accepts tubes for recyling? A Google search didn't help much. -- Paul |
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Put them to use yourself.
Cut them into big rubber bands. Good for holding things down, or together. Use in the garden for holding trees to uprights, vines to fences, etc. Hold garbage bags to garbage cans. A million and one uses, as seen on TV! Once you start using them, you'll find a zillion places where they can be put to good use. |
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On Tue, 17 May 2005 19:03:36 +0100, dkd jjsjsjd wrote:
Put them to use yourself. Cut them into big rubber bands. Good for holding things down, or together. Use in the garden for holding trees to uprights, vines to fences, etc. Hold garbage bags to garbage cans. A million and one uses, as seen on TV! Once you start using them, you'll find a zillion places where they can be put to good use. Keep a strip in your saddle bag, too. A folded-over but of inner tube will make an emergency tyre boot if you get a puncture bad enough to make a hole in the tyre. Survival expert Ray Mears carries bits of bike inner tube with him for lighting fires - apparently you can use a flint to get a bit of rubber smouldering no matter how wet the conditions. -- jc |
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Pedro's used to collect them. They make them into under-seat bags
(which work better than most others on the market). www.pedros.com but I can't see any reference to them accepting used tubes any more. |
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Jeremy Collins wrote: Survival expert Ray Mears carries bits of bike inner tube with him for lighting fires - apparently you can use a flint to get a bit of rubber smouldering no matter how wet the conditions. Not to mention, your rescuers could zero in on the smell! I'm going to have to try that, though, in some well ventilated place. |
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Are you going to cook food on that fire?
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On Thu, 19 May 2005 03:02:32 +0100, dkd jjsjsjd wrote:
Are you going to cook food on that fire? ;-) In case it's not obvious from my post, he uses small bits of inner tube for kindling, when it's too damp for wood shavings or dried leaves etc to work. The actual fire is still made of wood :-) If you're lost in the wilderness he also recommends lighting a fire even if you've got no food to cook and you're warm enough, as it provides a good positive psychological boost. Anyway, getting way off topic here... -- jc |
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I use my old tubes for tying down Kayaks and Canoes on vehicles and trailers-----two for each end. They also can be used for making giant water-balloon slingshots. Steve McDonald |
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