Shredder sought for five million tyres dumped in Spain

The 90,000 tonnes of rubber, 400 metres from a housing development south of Madrid, pose a fire and environmental risk

Spanish authorities are struggling to dispose of five million tyres dumped on a site close to a housing development north of Toledo.

The 90,000 tonnes of tyres that have been dumped there since 2002 cover 117,000 square metres straddling the Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha regional boundaries.