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Testing Used Tyres as Soil and Water Conservation Control Measures to Favour Circular Economy in Mali

World sustainability series 2025
Mahamadou Lamine Katilé, Aboubakar Bengaly, S. Traoré, Jesús Rodrigo‐Comino, Hama Kassé

Summary

Researchers in Mali investigated repurposing used tyres as soil and water conservation structures, evaluating both their agronomic benefits and the risk of microplastic leaching from tyre rubber as an emerging pollution pathway in West African ecosystems.

Microplastics are an emerging global threat in all ecosystems and have potential negative effects through multiple exposure pathways. In Mali, innovations such as the manufacture of chairs, sandals, decorative objects, etc. are being developed to reuse used tyres in...

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