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 Image: Modifying used tires


Tires can be sliced and stacked upside down to prevent them from collecting rain water. In this image, part of the stack tipped over. The sliced tires were then easily filled by rain. An entomologist is collecting mosquito larvae from the water in these tires.
Preventing tires from collecting rain water

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