waste – All about car

A Russian driver whose newer BMW SUV caught fire was lucky we guess? a passing sewage truck was able to extinguish the blaze using, ugh, liquefied human waste.The vehicle was pulled over to the side of the road when the driver (we assume on his way to drop the kids off at the pool) noticed his SUVs engine bay filling with smoke. Thats when the proverbial s*** really hit the fan.Luckily, the driver of a tanker truck nearby was able to offer some help. The tanker could have been filled with anything but gasoline and still effectively snuff the blaze water, milk, ginger ale, anything.Nope. Our poor BMW drivers luck came with a caveat, that the nearby truck dealt in waste disposal, and the tank was filled with you guessed it human feces. Yknow, maybe gasoline would have been better after all?The BMW owner, seemingly left with no choice, okayed the truck driver to aim his hose at the vehicle and let it rip. The BMW X6, already infamous for looking like crap, received a healthy dose of deuce to douse the flames.As the vehicle continued to spew smoke out of the engine bay, the driver attempted to open the hood so the truck driver could really let the poo fly. Eventually the fire was put out, thanks to your friendly neighbourhood waste disposal guy.Video of the extinguishings garnered the attention of more than 43,000 people, many of whom were likely sitting on the toilet themselves while they watched. Some 7,000 comments were also posted, most proclaiming they would have just let the vehicle burn.If you were standing by watching your car burn, what would you prefer? To have your whole vehicle smattered with scat, or to watch it burn to the ground? Either way, this BMW is toast.Take Our Poll
Origin: Burning BMW extinguished with – yech! – liquid human waste

A new rubberised asphalt being trialled by construction materials firm Tarmac could repurpose up to 1200 used tyres per mile. According to the company, the UK exports 120,000 tonnes of rubber waste each year. The newly developed road surfacing material could significantly reduce this figure. The amount of granulated rubber used for each stretch of road would depend on the thickness required, Tarmac states, although the average ratio would be one tyre for each tonne of asphalt. Trials have taken place already in Tarmac’s home city of Coventry, where two 200-metre stretches of public road were paved with the new material. A spokesperson for the council said it was “delighted” with the results and expressed a desire to use “more of the product across the city in the future”. As well as the environmental benefits associated with using rubber in asphalt, Tarmac’s technical director, Brian Kent, told Autocar that the capacity of rubber to absorb movement will reduce the risk of roads cracking. Although more sustainable than existing processes, rubberising asphalt has proven to be more expensive overall. The cost of securing, breaking down and mixing the rubber with the asphalt outweighs any saving made by using the waste material. Tarmac currently recycles a claimed 8.7 million tonnes of waste from other industries each year, including using waste tyres to fuel cement kilns. Rubberised asphalt is already used in the US, where it’s estimated that 12 million tyres are recycled to surface roads annually. Kent said: “In the UK, there’s a lack of the necessary industrial infrastructure required to allow manufacture of this type of material. “Against the backdrop of major investment in the strategic road network, there’s now an opportunity to leverage this technology and unlock the benefits of this circular economic approach.” Talks are underway between Tarmac and Highways England regarding the nature of subsequent
Origin: Tarmac uses waste tyres to make rubberised road asphalt