Recycling directory website, 1-800-RECYCLING has a recent story about the obscure problem of tire—or tyre in most Commonwealth nations—disposal, accompanied by some pretty astonishing photographs. There aren’t too many major reuses for old tires where the resource doesn’t go up in smoke, so they keep piling up, but research is under way. Off hand, it seems like ground tire might be usable as some part of a road bed or surface, maybe even as a playground tan-bark replacement …except for the heavy metals; which one ends up breathing anyhow. Other uses? Ten Thousand Villages—including the Central Square location—sells wallets made of repurposed tire. The adventurous can also try making their own sandals or resoling shoes.