670,000 TYRES SHREDDED IN 16-MONTH RECYCLING PROJECT

Source: Cayman 27 News

A 16-month project to rid the George Town landfill of a veritable mountain of discarded tyres comes to an end.

Wednesday morning, government officials gathered, feeding the ceremonial last tyre into a tyre shredder imported specifically for the purpose.

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It feels like only yesterday when Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin rolled up his sleeves to feed the first of hundreds of thousands of old tyres onto a conveyor belt and into the shredder. On that late March morning in 2017 we could only take a guess at how many tyres were piled up – the conservative estimate was in the neighborhood of a half-million.

Sixteen months later, we have an actual figure.

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Island Recycling and its partner have shredded an incredible 670,000 tyres, good for an approximate weight of 14.8 million pounds, and at a cost of $1.47 million.