Tire Dump Creates Huge Environmental
Hazard in Seseña, Spain
By Allie Goolrick
Published: October 5, 2014
Published: October 5, 2014
And the tire dump is a huge environmental hazard that could
further deter future growth. Already, residents live in constant fear that the heap of rubber might
catch on fire, according to Yahoo.
“A fire would be very difficult to put out because tire
combustion is very slow," Vicente Garcia de Paredes, an activist
with the environmental group Ecologists in Action, told El Pais. "Besides
cutting off air traffic, the smoke would be so toxic that the 11,000 homes in El
Quiñón de Seseña would have to be evacuated."
Aside from the fire risk, discarded tires leach oil and
chemicals into groundwater and the stagnant water they collectbecomes a breeding
grounds for pests, according to the New York Times.
The town now has a three-year plan to grind down and truck out
the tires to recycling plants, according to Phys.org. The Seseña tires will likely
find a second life as building materials: the floor mats, rubberized asphalt
and rubber bumpers that surface roads, sports tracks and kid’s playgrounds.
I chose this article because I was initially captivated by the vast number of tires that were in the dump then my attention turned to the environmental and climatic damages this dump is causing. I'm almost 90% convinced that anything man-made is not good for people or the environment. These tires and the chemicals and products they are made of does not contribute positively to the environment. The residue and left over chemicals from the tires are seeping into the ground and causing contamination. Contamination often times leads to illnesses and illnesses can lead to death or other long term issues.
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