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Bridgestone Uses Recycled Plastic in Tires for Indy 500

May 31, 2023

Via: Waste360

The IndyCar series exclusive tire supplier, Bridgestone Americas, is providing a new tire compound for the high-speed machines at the Indy 500 that is made using recycled plastics.

The new tires, the Firestone Firehawk, which will be used at the Indy 500, will include recycled butadiene, a material produced from consumer products such as plastic shopping bags, cling film, stretch wrap, and other flexible polymers. This new material was manufactured in partnership with Shell plc.

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