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If you’re driving about and guzzling petrol, you’re not going to be completely green, lets face it.

I know I go on about tyres a lot but they’re a pet peeve of mine. And considering the price you pay for them, you don’t want to be shelling out on 4 new tyres more often than you have to. But Dunlop tyres have revealed you could be saving money and helping the environment by checking your tyres are inflated properly.

Dunlop tyres did the research on fuel usage and found that if your tyres are under-inflated it can affect your fuel economy, costing you money and costing the environment. These guys live tyres so they’re worth listening to, and if just one of your tyres is under inflated it can lead to a drop of up to 10 per cent in fuel efficiency.

Obviously this is a very extreme case, but it’s amazing that by filling your tyres up correctly you can cut the amount of petrol you waste. If you can afford to waste petrol at the moment you certainly earn more than I do, so at the same time as cutting your contribution to global warming by cutting carbon dioxide, you’ll save money too.

As for actually disposing of the things, that’s another story altogether. Apart form running tracks there’s very little you can make from old tyres. Bring on recycled tyres, that’s what I say. Tyre manufacturers have been using ultra-fine recycled rubber powder in specialist tyres for a while but I think full recycling is a log way off. So come on Dunlop – tyres could be recyclable rather than landfill. I’d certainly buy them.

Rob

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