Building Tires
One UA Researcber Has High Hopes for Scrap Tires
by David Barber
1 Adjunct Professor Emeritus Stuart Hoenig, of the University of Arizona's Adepartment of agriculture and biosys-tems engineering, thinks he is on to the next wave in building materials:used tires. While Hoenig especially interrsted in their use for building houses, he is testing out a number of uses for these discarded tires.
2 Hoenig has been at the University of Arizona (UA) since 1973. Although he is already retired and thus on longer teaches, he stays on at the University to pursue research. One of the projects he is pursuing with scrap tires is in landscaping and gardening.
3 The University of Arizona is currently monitoring one of Hoenig's demonstration projects on campus. "You spilt the tire like a bagel, then you roll the grass back, put the tires down, fill them with dirt, and roll the grass back," explains Hoenig, a national expert in the use of scrap tires. "It uses about 50 percent less water and the grass looks great." In fact, the University of Arizona is acting as an agent for a California colleague who has patented1 this use of split tires to save water.
Building TiresOne UA Researcber Has High Hopes for Scrap Tires by David Barber1 Adjunct Professor Emeritus Stuart Hoenig, of the University of Arizona's Adepartment of agriculture and biosys-tems engineering, thinks he is on to the next wave in building materials:used tires. While Hoenig especially interrsted in their use for building houses, he is testing out a number of uses for these discarded tires.2 Hoenig has been at the University of Arizona (UA) since 1973. Although he is already retired and thus on longer teaches, he stays on at the University to pursue research. One of the projects he is pursuing with scrap tires is in landscaping and gardening.3 The University of Arizona is currently monitoring one of Hoenig's demonstration projects on campus. "You spilt the tire like a bagel, then you roll the grass back, put the tires down, fill them with dirt, and roll the grass back," explains Hoenig, a national expert in the use of scrap tires. "It uses about 50 percent less water and the grass looks great." In fact, the University of Arizona is acting as an agent for a California colleague who has patented1 this use of split tires to save water.
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