Resource Conservation

It takes about 22 gallons of oil to produce one truck tire and just 7
gallons to retread the same tire. This means 15 gallons of oil are
saved each time a truck tire is recycled. Retreading conserves 400
million gallons of oil annually in the United States and Canada.
 

Retreaded tires contain 75 percent post consumer recycled materials,
one of the highest percentages of all recycled products. Since the
casing already has undergone one life cycle, the only new material
used to retread a tire is the raw material used to manufacture the
tread. In 1992, 33 million tires were retreaded in North America and
placed back in service rather than further contributing to the solid
 waste stream.