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The impact of tires on
the environment and our health
Your tire inflation and tire maintenance practices can play an important role in reducing the impact of personal vehicles on the environment and health.
- How? Underinflated tires increase fuel consumption.
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Driving your vehicle with just one tire underinflated by 56 kPa (8 psi) will increase your fuel consumption by 4%, costing you money and releasing extra emissions into the atmosphere. |
- In fact, every additional litre of fuel your vehicle uses, will release 2.4 kilograms of carbon dioxide
(CO2) – a major greenhouse gas.
- Collectively, this means that improper tire maintenance practices cost Canadians about $500 million a year (equivalent to 643 million litres of fuel) and cause 1.5 million tonnes of
CO2 to be emitted into the atmosphere.
- Improper tire maintenance also shortens the life of your tires. Replacing
your tires more often means that more tires go to landfills or recycling, and
more energy is then used to produce new tires or to recycle them. Again, this
has an impact on the environment and our health.
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