Continental recycles Extreme E tyres into basketball court

Continental is donating rubber paving stones made from recycled Extreme E tyres for the construction of a community basketball court in Hanover. According to Continental, 200 Extreme E tyres have been recycled from the first season. The Extreme E tyres underwent “a particularly complex manufacturing process to extract all chemical components from the tyres” before transforming them into paving stones. Now the tyres will be given a second life as the foundation of a high-level basketball court.

“We are very pleased to support the project with paving stones made from our recycled tyres here in Hanover. In this way, we are bringing the materials from the sustainable Extreme E electric racing series back into circulation and using them for a good cause,” emphasised Enno Straten, Head of Strategy, Analytics and Marketing, Replacement Tyres EMEA at Continental, at the ground-breaking ceremony.

The BasKIDball project aims to overcome social barriers with the help of sports and to create basketball courts all over Germany where young people can train together, regardless of age, origin or school. BasKIDball stands for values such as team spirit and trust, health and fairness and the social aspect plays a central role.

The first Extreme E season took place in 2021, with the finale of Season 2 taking place this weekend on November 26 and 27. On 11 March 2023, the third season will start in Saudi Arabia. Continental is a founding partner of Extreme E, a premium sponsor, and a developer and supplier of the innovative CrossContact racing tyre.