Scotland Blaze Highlights Need to Reduce Waste Tyre Stockpiles
A fresh reminder for the industry about the importance of finding efficient and green ways to deal with the UK’s annual mountain of end of life tyres has come courtesy of a 400 tonne pile of blazing tyres in Scotland. A fire that began on the evening of January 20 burned for more than 24 hours, steadily pumping thick, black smoke into the North Lanarkshire skies. The fire’s intensity was also sufficient to damage overhead railway power lines, leading to disrupted rail services on the main line between Lanark and Cumbernauld until midday on Monday, when the fire had subsided to a level that made repair work feasible.