byrohan shahthe wheel helped further civilisation waste rubber tyres though could end it the numbers are truly alarming in 201617 india produced 12734 million tyres an expert writing for tyre asia noted that as much as 60 of this volume may have ended up in a landfill somewhere or incinerated and worldwide every motorist is discarding at least one tyre every year pollution caused by discarded endoflife tyres is now a fullfledged environmental crisis and as the number of cars on our roads increase this crisis is not showing any signs of dissipating burning of tyres studies have shown causes emissions of sulphur dioxide to rise tenfold and emissions of dust particles to increase 500then there is the problem of microplastics plastics that slip into oceans in the form of small particles as opposed to the massive islands of trash we often see floating about according to a report by the international union for conservation of nature between 15 and 31 of the estimated 95 million tonnes of plastic being released into the worlds oceans each year could be microplastics twothirds of this volume come from washing of synthetic textiles and abrasion of tyres while drivingbut there is a way to win a small battle in this war on pollution and thats by upcyling or recycling tyre recycling is the process of reusing tyres that are no longer useful but remember its only the tread that wears off much of the rest of the tyres is still usable albeit in various other forms also durability of tyres depend on type of materials and the level of technology that used during manufacturing along with the conditions they operated in since the solution presented here is for seating see image durability can go up to many years depending on the how it is being used because they will not wear out quickly besides this the chairs have been designed to stop the spring action while sitting by using different types of tyre structures these things can be transformed into usable products which can appropriately find their ways into our lives as ecofriendly solutions for seating storage or recreation for example remember those swings made out of dicarded tyres the trick was to focus on children the way children use objects to experience an emotion as simple as fun is motivation enough to fashion tyres into innocuous objects as well as amazing components of home decor schools could use tyres to create garden furniture for students we can have simple seating for kids at home of course the discarded tyres need to be properly treated to remove harmful pollutantsbut in the end what well end up with is a lowcost solution that can suit any application along with the comfort of knowing that a massmanufactured item made out of nondegradable materials has been kept away from a landfillof course a considerable part of upcycling relies on smart design which must be directed at ensuring the wellbeing of both man and planet