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Old 01-28-2008, 09:11 PM
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Default Re: Shredded tires for landscaping??

Isn't the government in a pickle in some areas where they dumped old tires in the ocean to create artificial habitat for the marine life and after many years have discovered that the tires are leaching chemicals into the environment. This is costing many millions of dollars to remove the tires.

It wouldn't be a good thing if when you (or your heirs) went to sell your home that it was discovered that the soil was contaminated with tire chemicals.


(that being said - thousands of sports fields have been installed in the past 5 years or so using "Field Turf" which is made of old tires)
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