Share:Kuwait is struggling hard to scrap the world’s largest tyre graveyard, which scientists fear could create environmental and health hazards. Located in the Arhiya area, five kilometers (over three miles) south of the city of Jahra, the graveyard contained 50 million tyres, according to the previous statements by Kuwaiti activist Abdullah Al-Bunyan. The Arhiya tire crisis was first recorded in April 2012 when a large fire broke out in the tire landfills, attracting the world’s attention to the tyre graveyard. Last March, the General Administration of Customs approved a request for a company to export 5 million used tyres at the Arhiya site within nine months. Previously, the Director-General of the Kuwait Public Authority for Industry, Abdul Karim Taqi, announced that 48 million out of 57 million tyres were cut in Arhiya.

Source: The Nation August 13, 2021 14:57 UTC