Sustainable Barriers

made from recycled

waste tires

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Better Benefits

Dense, durable, and dependable performance. Natural color options. Bumper, drill, and drop friendly. Easy to move around at 6ft. 1,500lbs.

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Higher Value

Lowers operational costs compared to concrete and plastic. Amplifies procurement policy and impact around

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Greater Sustainably

Over 95% less carbon footprint vs. concrete. At 70 tires per barrier, one barrier mile diverts over 1.38 million pounds of waste tires from landfills.

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1-mile of concrete barriers produces over 2,000,000 pounds of carbon emissions.

Pretred reduces that by over 95%

(*3rd-party validation Q3 ‘23)

The Colorado Barrier™

Global Leader

View our 1,600lb. barrier dropped onto concrete.

How we build a better way.

View our 1,600lb. barrier dropped onto concrete.

How we build a better way.

One Pretred facility has the capacity to recycle well over 2 million waste tires annually, diverting 47,250,000 lbs. from landfills or burning. One-mile of our barriers reduces carbon emissions by over 2+ million pounds.

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REBUILD A BETTER WAY