Used tyres can get you posh accessories

Waste tyres can be recycled and transformed into better quality products with environmental value.

Have you ever wondered what becomes of your worn-out car tyres when you replace them with new ones? Having no proper platform for waste management, it is estimated that Kenya discards more than two million tyres annually, which are usually burned or dumped and can sometimes be inappropriately used as a fiery “necklace” to lynch criminals during mob justice.

Yet waste tyres can be recycled and transformed into better quality products with environmental value. Gabriele Buracchi, director of KMS, a social enterprise company, is giving life to recycled tyres and tubes while reducing pollution and dumping and burning of tyres.