Velorim, “the UK’s easy resolution to recycling bicycle tyres and inside tubes”, has introduced its ambition to double assortment factors throughout the UK by 2026, because it continues its mission to make biking greener.
With over 600 places throughout the nation already, the recycling service says it goals to make recycling bike tyres and inside tubes even simpler for cyclists, offering a cheap resolution to lowering the impression of biking waste on the atmosphere.
Yearly 44,000 tonnes of bicycle tyres and inside tubes are discarded by cyclists*. Restricted recycling sources implies that a lot of this waste is both despatched to landfill the place supplies leak lead and zinc into the soil, or incineration the place 3 tonnes of CO2 are produced per one tonne of rubber incinerated.
Velorim professes an purpose to deal with the difficulty by making the recycling of those supplies as simple as attainable for the biking neighborhood. Via providing a recycling assortment scheme at native bike retailers, the service is about as much as make recycling as handy and low cost as attainable.
Since beginning collections in 2020, Velorim has collected greater than 150,000 tyres and 150,000 inside tubes for recycling. To assist them obtain their purpose of doubling assortment factors by 2026, co-founders of Velorim Russ Taylor and Richard Lawrence are calling on cyclists to appoint their native bike store, repairers and mechanics to affix the scheme:
“We all know that cyclists are inclined to take an energetic strategy to ecological and environmental issues and our service is there to assist this ethos. We now have made a gradual progress since beginning our enterprise in 2020, however we all know there are nonetheless many areas throughout the nation that we’re but to achieve. We’re calling on bike retailers and the biking neighborhood to embrace the service and assist us in our mission to make biking even greener. Cyclists can nominate native bike companies to enroll to the scheme.”
Velorim presently has greater than 600 assortment factors throughout the UK. To seek out your nearest assortment level, or to turn out to be a Velorim Centre or to appoint your native bike store, go to Velorim-Group.com.
