A look inside a vast tyre graveyard in the Kuwait desert - in pictures
A tyre graveyard at Sulaibiya, five kilometres south of Al Jahra near Kuwait City, Kuwait. Discarded tyres stored as landfill threaten the environment and human health because they take a long time to degrade and contain dangerous components.
The Kuwaiti government is trying to find a solution to the tyre problem at Sulaibiya, where tyres have been accumulating for about 20 years.
An aerial view of the tyre graveyard near Kuwait City.
Earth-moving equipment is used to manage the huge volume of old tyres at the site.
Despite the site being ordered and well managed, the discarded tyres are still an environmental risk.
Some of the equipment used to manage the landfill site.
The vast site is still being added to.
An aerial view of Sulaibiya tyre graveyard near Kuwait City.
A general view of disposed tyres as the landfill threatens the environment and human health due to containing dangerous components and tyre durability at Sulaibiya tyre graveyard located 5 kilometers south of Al Jahra town near Kuwait City, Kuwait. Kuwaiti government seeks solution to get rid of disposed tyres which have been accumulated for about 20 years.
Sulaibiya tyre graveyard contains millions of discarded tyres, posing a serious health and environmental challenge to the Kuwaiti authorities.
