One Nigerian Entrepreneurs Solution For Millions of Old Tires | World Wide Waste | Business Insider

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.

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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

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