5 Brilliant Uses For Old Tires

1. Make flip-flops
This is actually a common practice in Vietnam, and
today there are several companies that make flip-flops out
of old tires as their primary business.

2. Start an awesome garden

As you see here, tires make excellent planters and flower
pots. Mount one on the wall, and you have a hanging
garden. Or, just put a plastic sheet over one side, lay it on
the ground, and fill it with water to make your own garden
pond. After it's full, use another old tire as a hose caddy.
3. Make furniture
There's really no limit to the diversity of furniture you can
make with old tires. Chairs can be stacked tires or made
with complex weaves of rubber as shown. You can make an
ottoman by stuffing pillows inside a tire, or just glue a
couple together, secure some wood on top, and call it a
coffee table. It's almost too easy.

4. Create an outdoor staircase

Essentially, you're using the tire carcass as an
architectural element to hold more materials while you're
making a staircase out of whatever materials the Earth has
given you.
5. Construct a wall or barrier
You can fill tires with sand to prevent a flood from wiping
out your home, or stack a few zillions alongside a race
track to help absorb the impact of an out-of-control car.
The brilliant part is you don't even have to stack them in a
super-organized manner to be effective. Inertia and the
spring-like properties of rubber do the work.