IMAGINE A WORLD 

WITHOUT RETREADS

• GROCERIES WOULD COST MORE. Virtually all grocery delivery trucks use retreads.

• OUR DEPENDENCE ON OIL WOULD RISE. Since tires contain a very high percentage of synthetic rubber, which is petroleum based, we would have to import huge additional amounts of oil.

• NEW TIRE PRICES WOULD PROBABLY RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. Retreads act as a brake on new tire prices.

• AIRLINE TICKETS WOULD COST MORE. Virtually all commercial airlines use retreads. Surprised?

• SCRAP TIRE PILES IN LANDFILLS WOULD EXPLODE WITH ABOUT 30 MILLION ADDITIONAL TIRES EVERY YEAR. Every time a tire is retreaded there is one less tire for our already overloaded landfills.

• CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR ROADS, BRIDGES, FACTORIES, HOUSING, ETC., would rise dramatically if the large tires used on earthmoving vehicles were not retreaded.

In fact, just about everything we buy would cost more since practically everything we eat, wear, use at home or at work is delivered on trucks.