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27-year-old man, who has a geology degree in environment and
water resources, lives not far from a scrapyard where broken
cars are piled up before being compressed, shredded, and
prepared for export - a site that inspired him in his project.
He collects the tyres from wherever he can find them, including
those dumped on the streets, which are sometimes set fire to in
protests.
Helles then uses a shredding machine to turn them into small
pieces of rubber granule infill that are used sometimes in
building projects, in agriculture to make artificial soil and
also for artificial turf.
They can also get a new life in tyres for children's toys and
bicycles.
"My project preserves the environment and helps reduce
environment risks," Helles said, who hopes to expand his
business beyond him working on his own.
"It must get bigger and absorb all wasted tyres in Gaza Strip so
that we can get rid of them safely and properly," he told
Reuters.
In Gaza City, Ubayda Nassar, from the Shijaia sports club, where
the pitches are made of artificial grass, said each one required
50 kg to 60 kg of rubber granules per year.
"We used to import rubber granules in the past for high prices,
today they are available in Gaza. We support local products,"
Nassar said.
(Reporting by Nidal Almughrabi; Editing by Alison Williams)
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