One Nigerian Entrepreneur's Solution For Millions of Old Tires | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

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We make nearly 2 billion tires every year, while old ones continue to pile up. They can act as breeding grounds for mosquitoes and cause hard-to-put-out fires. Some countries recycle a majority of them, and one Nigerian entrepreneur is aiming to get hers to do the same. MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: How People In Gaza Turn Trash Into Cash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw4CH-Jg6lY How The World's Largest Paper Company Makes 1/3 of Cardboard Boxes In America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lsC0aXyY6g How Disney's Magical Trash Tubes Ended Up In New York City https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_9ngalquVU 00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Roadside Tire Collectors 01:46 - A New Nigerian Tire Recycler 02:45 - History of Rubber 03:44 - Waste Tires and Fires 04:28 - US Tire Recycling 04:41 - Tire Recycling Process 05:54 - Making Rubber Bricks 07:24 - A $12 Billion Recycling Industry 08:16 - From Waste Tires to Playgrounds 08:50 - Family and Future 09:33 - Credits ------------------------------------------------------ #recycledtires #worldwidewaste #businessinsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: https://www.businessinsider.com Insider Business on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/businessinsider Insider Business on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/businessinsider Insider Business on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/businessinsider Insider Business on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Business_Insider/5319643143 Insider Business on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@businessinsider One Nigerian Entrepreneur's Solution For Millions of Old Tires | World Wide Waste | Business Insider