In 1969, Guam scientists built a tyre reef in Cocos Lagoon; more than 50 years later, 1,829 tyres were removed after the abandoned reef was found on the lagoon floor

In Guam’s Cocos Lagoon, the installation of old tyres intended to create an artificial reef for marine life became an environmental challenge over the past fifty years. Loose tyres risked physical harm and potentially contaminated the surrounding waters. Fortunately, a recent cleanup project successfully removed approximately twenty-two metric tonnes of these tyres, recycling them and addressing this crucial ecological issue in the lagoon.
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