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Recycled Tires Could Filter Water

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mmmmmm-tastes-like-firestone dept.

MattSparkes writes "According to New Scientist, water could be cleansed and filtered more easily and cheaply by using old tires. From the article: 'Rubber tires, the kind that lie at the bottom of rivers and at the back of junkyards the world over, could be ideal water filters says an environmental engineer at Penn State University in the US.'"

12 of 112 comments (clear)

  1. Ew by lawpoop · · Score: 2, Funny

    do you really want to drink water that tastes like old tire?

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    1. Re:Ew by AchilleTalon · · Score: 3, Funny
      Does it imply it tastes better with new tires?

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  2. Differences between tire brand/models? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Forget about Zagat's Michelin food guide, this time Zagat, Chairman Kaga, and Iron Chefs will taste test water filtered by Bridgestone/Firestone, BFGoodrich, Goodyear, generic retreads, and of course, Michelins.

  3. Also, by justkarl · · Score: 2, Funny

    From a billboard in Fight Club(movie):

    "You can use recycled motor oil to fertilize your lawn!"

  4. Put them to good use! by Reecie · · Score: 2, Funny

    Firestone tires may have a functional use after all!

  5. Duh! by Naughty+Bob · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's *why* we chuck them in the river....

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  6. Re:How old are they talking, here? by AchilleTalon · · Score: 2, Funny
    Like wine: The older, the better!

    Which millesimes are the best?

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  7. Re:What about rubber allergies? by diersing · · Score: 5, Funny

    There we go again, caving to the cyclohexylthiopthalimide-phobic lobby. Honestly people, this here tire-filtration system is the best thing we got going, are we really going to abandon it for something that affects 10%^H^H^H 1% ^H, this guy?

  8. So THAT's how they do it... by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 4, Funny

    That just totally explains the taste of tap water in Adelaide.

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  9. Re:How old are they talking, here? by brennanw · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well OK, maybe that's what did it. I heard "synthetic rubber" somewhere and immediately leapt to the conclusion that it was therefore not real rubber. Sort of like vegan burgers. Or Tofurkery.

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  10. Re:What about rubber allergies? by cmckosaurous · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, I can see it now:

    Deer Park marketing guy #1: "Nobody is actually allergic to this kind of stuff, right?"

    Deer Park marketing guy #2: "Well, there was this one guy on Slashdot who claimed he was, but I bet it was just a lie."

    Deer Park marketing guy #1: "We should put a warning label on our bottles just to make sure he doesn't sue us. How about - 'Warning, this delicious and refreshing drink you are about to enjoy may contain water filtered using Recycled Tires, and may contain traces of cyclohexylthiophthalimide. If you are that one guy who is allergic to CTP, do not enjoy this beverage.'

    Deer Park marketing guy #2 "Brilliant! High five!"

  11. Re:How old are they talking, here? by jagspecx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your impression is incorrect. But out of curioustiy, what did you think they were making them out of this past decade?

    Old water filters?