In this episode on Tekniq, We shall venture into the "FREEE Recycle Limited" tire recycling facility in Nigeria, producing various products from the highly shredded remains of car tires.
I love that this is presented as is; no captions over the imagery, no stupid ukulele over the sounds of machinery, and not even narration, just showing us a process. Beautifully shot. I feel for these workers though, that looks like hard work.
They have work, much better than laying around. It is important to work. There are a lot of machines that do the work. Try working on a U.S. Cattle ranch 12=16 hrs a day all year. I admire them for their resourcefulness. They can rotate the duties to avoid monotony. Yay Nigeria.
I bet you anything this recycling installation is not created by Nigerian Ingeniers but by Europian or American ingenieurs and paid by the taxpayers of this countries under the pretext of development aid.
европе и штатам выгодно чтобы они оставались бедными: дешевая рабочая сила минимальные требования по технике безопасности, ни каких профсоюзов, забастовок и так далее.
I suggest you wouldn't know a "safety issue" if it bit you in the butt. Continue living your life believing you're so smart and everyone else is so stupid.
I know in USA people are using old tires in some of the super eco friendly houses and a brand of running sandal uses no longer safe for road tires on its models using specific brands for specific shoes as is, if wear is consistent, not below X depth, and no wires on backside are poking out or are going to do so in the future.
Where do you think they got the equipment and know how? First world countries are doing this and have been for a long time. The only issue is they can't be recycled into new tires because the material is functionally degraded to the point it can't reach the proper wear and tear requirements that brand new tires demand. This is why they can only use it in low impact applications. The other problem is we often have way better materials for the job. You see those "bricks" they make them into? Guess what, that's not environmentally friendly, because in order to recycle tires, you need to re-add oil. Now what do you think happens after a few years of those bricks sitting in the ground? That oil leeches out into the ground.
@@peoplez129 , most of this equipment is NOT sourced from 1st World countries. A lot of the machinery and equipment is either locally manufactured or imported from other developing countries in Asia or from Mother of all manufacturing, China. India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand are big Manufacturers of Heavy Duty industrial machineries and export such plants to other developing countries. These countries utilize these same methods of re-purposing and recycling, and have been doing so for decades.
Well, we certainly have enough used tires in the World to make an endless supply of other useful products. From what I saw they were making quality products. Those rubber tiles looked like they would never rot or become slippery when wet and last a lifetime. Nice video.
On Long Island they used crushed tires and mixed it with asphalt and paved what is called The William Floyd Parkway with it 5 years later that stretch of Highway still looked brand new with no pot holes Guess what they did ? Nothing It worked to well and they felt it would have put highway construction workers out of a job. It’s all a scam.
@@anguslean4058 RMA (Rubber Modified Asphalt) is in fact still used in various road projects. Its use is sporadic in most states but common in states like California and Arizona. The issue seems to be a lack of education as the RMA stuff lasts longer and overall is less expensive to maintain since they do last a bit longer.
The playground I played on as a kid had those rubber tiles. It’s definitely better than asphalt or concrete, but it does wear down over time. Certainly much sooner than a life time.
I worked at a huge horse ranch in Olathe, KS. 4 connected barns had 72 individual stalls. The floor of the barns is made of these rubber pavers. They're a really great product. We could do away with concrete sidewalks and replace them with these pavers.
Well the synthetic rubber that uses in the is made with oil, tires have rubber, synthetic rubber, petroleum and other products. It’s great that they recycled the waste product because oil is a limited resource that will run out sometime way in the future, 200-300+ years.
I worked in a van he used shirt factory and several of the boys using the big machines had a few missing fingers. Dangerous, I suppose the same thing here. God Bless.
In the mid 1990’s I worked for Dunlop Rubber.We used old car/motorbike & truck tyres & made lots of products like hose for drip watering market gardeners properties or outside panels for children’s play areas and the like ....most of it was automated but this factory was very very basic.....this was in Melbourne Australia......good technology...the biggest problem was the different rubber qualities of the tyres brought about different results especially in the drip hose quality....some dripped much more than other....You never knew which you were going to get , even though we did pressure testing regularly...but a good idea for recycled rubber....
As someone watching from the US • Watching your videos is most relaxing even at 2 x speed. Hope your customers appreciate the skill talent and dedication of your workers for this very important job for the community • It’s good to see how well you understand the importance of recycling material and to get the job done efficiently - loads of experience is evident with this skilled set of workers • Watching your people doing a great job make me think there is hope for the other parts of society who don't even try to have a job. Your crew is a great role model for all of us • Thanks so very much for posting and sharing! All the best and God Bless. 🇺🇸
@@stevetravels6160maybe all the people getting welfare? We’re offering you a job! And cutting you off From freebies. Or like Biden wants bring in millions of future voters who are getting even better free stuff
@@stevetravels6160 Shouldn't have to be an application process. Jobs should just be given to 'asylum seekers'... put them to work, make them earn, have them pay taxes. Get environmental nightmare products out the other end that they can use to build their shelters. Rinse, repeat. Illegals should be made to do the same work... for 1/3 the pay with the other 2/3 going to pay for their housing which is built out of the same environmental nightmare products.
It still is limiting the amount. If these products were made from raw material, you have all the extra resources to process & these old tires would still be an issue for the environment. @@tkmaniac5812
@@tkmaniac5812 It is still limiting the amount. If these products were made from raw material you have all the extra resources required to manufacture & these old tires would still be an issue for the environment.
This is a 19th century technique. Too many people, too many manual operations, because of this the process is very slow and there is a risk of errors and poor quality of the products. You can never reciclar "una gran candidad de neumáticos usados" with this antediluvian technique
I'm going to show this video to some of my union coworkers - they need to see how blessed we are regarding safety and health standards. Let alone wages...
Wow! Recycling the tires to make new things is amazing. I know the workers are working very hard and I worry about the chemicals or dust that can be inhaled and they should be wearing better hand protection and coveralls over the clothes. God bless them all!
Simple yet very informative video of its kind......Nigerians are hardworking and creative people ....surely one day they can progress to a developing nation status .......
Many years ago I was aware of a company which froze the tyres (tires) and then milled them, removing the metal bead and belting magnetically. The rubber crumb was then bonded used for flooring of many types….even athletic tracks.
Well done whoever behind this venture an excellent idea, bravo to you Nigeria. Please do make sure to take care of the most precious commodity that does not grow on trees, your organic workers ,how come they're not wearing gloves and hearing protection,work wear ? We Know you're based in Africa!! still,look after the product that make you wealthy. You're doing a great job saving mother GAIA.
In South Carolina, There is a company that grinds up tires and the ground up rubber is mixed with sawdust and fine wood chips and burned to make steam for large manufacturing facilities. There is no smoke from the boiler as it is high efficiency and completely burns the mixture.
Thank you for sharing. This sounds like one of the better options out there assuming that they have proper filtration of exhaust fumes. Tires are quite a toxic thing with all their metals in them etc. This feels to me far safer than having new products made from them because how would people possibly control all the toxins in the recycled products.
The rubber pavement will degrade because of UV light and set free microplastics. Instead of that the rubber would be used better burnt in cement kilns. CO2 ain't no problem because other factors like sun activity cycles have bigger influence than that. I agree with you that in total we should enhance sustainability and there are many ways it could be done. But we should carefully watch not to get deceived.
I've seen several videos of Nigeria and Kenya creating great strides in recycling projects. Great ingenuity by these guys. It's horrible other nations haven't gotten on board with this or at least someone financing to make it bigger.
Glad to see the workers wearing masks , good sign that they are being looked after at work, as they should be that way everyone gets to share the success , of ingenuity.
This is exceptional, impressive and a great example of recycling discarded materials into useful products. The workers should be proud of the fruits of their labor.
They already do. Most developing countries have been re-purposing a lot of material for decades. It the Western Countries that waste most resources, and are spoiled by throwing away many useful products. Food wastage is also a huge issue in Western countries, due to their crazy regulations and also food and restaurant industry wastage millions of tons of good food everyday.
@@redfordrn I agree with that. the food waste here is crazy. Most people think a "Best Usec By Date" means expired and throw out the food even though it is still good. It just means the freshness quality will diminish. Restaurants throw out good food that could be donated to the hungry. But would rather throw it out than chance 1 person saying they got sick from it and sueing them. Most Recycling here in America is a total joke. Simply be cause what can be recycled is done so improperly and ends up in landfills anyway.
It looked to me like quite a lot of the steel wire was left in with the tires when they were chopped up. I was expecting to see an electromagnet at some point removing it.
@@vulpoRecycling machines in the US, Asia, and likely every other place in the world, is more modern. Modern machines remove essentially all of the steel/aramid.
Thank God someone came up with a solution with those tires. Usually, car repair shops charge for old tires for recycling. Then they dump them everywhere including the ocean. Finally, the ocean can breathe soon.
I am so incredibly proud of them and hard that they are working to improve the environment as well as earn a living. The company deserves awards and help from governments to expand and go global. Bravo to whomever ever started this business and came up with the ideas.👏👏💯
Watching this in my IPad, a Boston Dynamics short came up on my phone, and Atlas was doing tasks at least as complicated as filling brick molds. Yeah, I know, jobs in Nigeria, but people here won’t do those jobs, and we still have the tires to deal with.
I love this idea amazing good job guys wish the usa would do this not one recycling place for tires here not one can you believe that. You guys are doing great work keep it up all of you just wonderful!❤❤
Why are you talking utter rubbish? I found 10 different companies that recycle tyres in the US, within 2 minutes. You've only managed to make yourself look ignorant.
Nah, you can't tell me, that looking at this footage, Nigerian geniuses (genii) did not design and build and invent these amazing machines which do the work of many oxen. The joy on their faces as they produce high quality goods you drool to possess.@@mikeconey2164
Kodus to Nigeria on recycling used tyres rather then getting burnt and sending all that toxic smell all over. If other countries can come together and sort this issue it will make jobs and recycling and production of products can be used for multiple usage.
Great system, I wonder what the workers are paid. I can see that working there must be detrimental to their health. Even though most are wearing some protective gear sadly it's not enough. Still it's needed employment. Please take care of your employees.
Just how is it detrimental to their health? British health and safety don’t apply which is good otherwise these honest working individuals might just of ended up in a scam call centre business.
This is a good thing. Tires are recycled on a much larger and more efficient industrial scale in the U.S. The bead wire and steel belting are valuable scrap, and the rubber crumb has many uses.