Tire disposal free under new program
Posted By JANET RICHARDS/Sun Media
Posted 2 months ago
Do you have a pile of old tires piled up in a back field because you don’t want to pay the tipping fee at the landfill? Well, load them up in your truck.
As of Sept. 1, all municipalities and businesses in Ontario have stopped charging people to dump their old tires. That’s because a new provincial initiative will pay registered collectors between 88 cents and $3.05 for each tire they collect, depending on the size.
Consumers can return up to four passenger car tires at a time to a collection location at no cost and with no obligation to make a purchase.
The provincewide scrap tire plan is designed to divert scrap tires away from burning and landfill for reduction, reuse, and recycling.
It is expected the program will divert 90% of scrap on-road tires and collect and recycle 50% of all scrap off-road tires within five years.
A list of registered collectors is available on the Ontario Tire Stewardship website, www.
ontariots.ca.
As of Aug. 27, there were 14 registered collectors in Peterborough, two in Lakefield and Bridgenorth and four in Lindsay.
Most of the recycled tires will be made into “crumb rubber”, which can be used in playgrounds as a substitute for sand, as mulch in landscaping, or as a pour-in-place product in playgrounds where it is mixed in a liquid epoxy and spread like plaster to firm up into a bouncy but solid surface.
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