10 million bicycle inner tubes end up in US landfills each year — Schwalbe aims to recycle these instead

Old tubes become new again with Schwalbe's Cradle-to-Cradle recycling program, launching June 1st

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Schwalbe is giving old tubes a new life with its "Cradle-to-Cradle" bicycle inner tube recycling program — the first of its kind in the United States.

The Cradle-to-Cradle design philosophy is a sustainable approach to product design that aims to conserve resources and create a closed-loop system in which waste is eliminated because materials are reused, potentially indefinitely. 

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Schwalbe presta 700 x 28 tubes are currently on sale via the brand's Amazon store. 

Was: $9.98, now: $7.10. That's 29% off! 

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