... value, can be re-rubberized for a "new tyre life". To produce a truck or bus tyre requires about 60 ... the tyre takes only about 15 kg of rubber. A considerable amount of raw materials can therefore be saved. ... more than 300,000 tones per year! To produce a car tyre requires about 28 litres of crude oil. To ... retread a car tyre, on the other hand, only 5.5 litres ...