Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up
- Image AI generatedIn the early 1970s, state officials and the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the dumping of vast numbers of used tyres into the Atlantic Ocean off Broward County, Florida.
- The idea was simple: create cheap, abundant artificial reef habitat to boost fish populations for anglers.
- Instead, the scheme left behind what is now known as the Osborne Tire Reef, a scattered underwater tyre field that has drifted far beyond its original footprint and damaged the very coral habitat it was meant to support.
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- Image AI generatedIn the early 1970s, state officials and the US Army Corps of Engineers approved the dumping of vast numbers of used tyres into the Atlantic Ocean off Broward County, Florida.
- The idea was simple: create cheap, abundant artificial reef habitat to boost fish populations for anglers.
- Instead, the scheme left behind what is now known as the Osborne Tire Reef, a scattered underwater tyre field that has drifted far beyond its original footprint and damaged the very coral habitat it was meant to support.
Sources: Times of India