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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.'"

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