Annahmestelle von Gummireifen für die Kautschuksammlung im Arkadenhof des neuen Rathauses, Foto aus: Das interessante Blatt, Ausgabe vom 21. Oktober 1915

Rubber goods were widely used in the home and for technical and scientific purposes. When supplies of rubber from the colonies of other powers were no longer available, no suitable substitute was found during the First World War. The processing and recycling of old rubber was the only possibility.