Track: Waste Management

Abstract

End-of-life tyres (EOLT) a problematic source of waste belongs to a type of solid waste named “bulky” in waste management. It constitutes a lot of environmental issues which ranges from causative of fires hazards to health and hygiene menace. A holistic waste management technique will go a long way to determine a proper handling, re-usage, reduction, recycling and disposal of EOLT and peradventures make EOLT a huge waste to wealth venture.

This article reviews the management, re-use and recycling of EOLT in developed countries as compared to that of developing countries. Some pertinent gaps in the national managerial policies and programme governing the collection, storage and recycling of EOLTs were identified. The article conclusively proffers a managerial pathway that will optimize the opportunities of Waste to Wealth resources in EOLTs in the country thereby contributing to her economic advancement.