Imagine waking up one morning, going outside to get the newspaper and taking in a refreshing breathe of air but instead, that air is filled with harmful pollutants that are being put off by a nearby pile of burning tires.
Burning rubber tires is done in two ways. The most common is setting fire to millions of tires in a scrap pile. The other source of tire burning is done by cement kilns. Tires are used in these kilns because they burn at higher combustion temperatures and last longer as opposed to using coal.
When tires are being burned, there are 2 types of pollutants that are released. The EPA refers to these as 'criteria' pollutants that include carbon monoxide, nitrogen di-oxide, sulfur di-oxide, ozone
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