After July 1, 2014, the Department of Revenue will make direct payments to the counties based on quarterly tire pre-disposal fee collections. The amount a county will receive is $1.00 per new tire sold by tire generators based on quarterly reporting to the Department of Revenue. Learn more about the Waste Tire Program Transition.
The Tennessee General Assembly passed the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991, which created the Waste Tire Program. Whole tires are banned from disposal in all landfills. The Act requires each county to provide one temporary waste tire collection site for its citizens and tire dealers. The Act also requires the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) to provide assistance grants to counties, and develop a program to find beneficial reuses for their waste tires.
Counties are now prohibited from disposing of tire shreds in a landfill if beneficial end uses are available. TDEC may clean up illegal tire dumps and seek cost recovery from the responsible party.
The program is funded by a $1.35 pre-disposal fee paid by consumers on new tires sold at retail. It includes all tires for vehicles that travel on state roads along with those from farm tractors and equipment. You can learn more about the tire fee and find the necessary return forms by visiting the Department of Revenue.
TDEC provided grants to construct county waste tire collection sites until 1995. The tires collected there are hauled away by the county's contractor for reuse and recycling. TDEC provides grants to counties to assist in collecting and finding beneficial end uses for their waste tires. TDEC also forms partnerships with local governments to clean up illegal tire dumps.
Every county must provide a collection site for its citizens. Call your county court house or solid waste office to find out its location, hours of operation, and fees.
Whether or not your tires are recycled depends on the program your county has in place.
Whole tires are banned from disposal in landfills. Beginning July 1, 2002, counties will be prohibited by state law from disposing of shredded waste tires in landfills if the net costs exceed the cost of an available beneficial end use. TDEC is working to find ways for counties to economically recycle or reuse their waste tires so landfilling is unnecessary.
The statewide shredding service provided to counties was discontinued on July 1, 2002. TDEC does not currently contract with any company for hauling, collecting, shredding, disposing, or recycling of waste tires.
TDEC's Division of Solid Waste Management regulates the storage, processing, and disposal of waste tires per TN Rule Chapter 0400-11-01.
No, TDEC does not require specific registration for waste tire haulers nor maintain a list of them.
TDEC recognizes the following as grant eligible beneficial end uses:
TDEC's Division of Solid Waste Management may allow other end uses of waste tires that are not grant eligible on a case-by-case basis.
Counties may charge any tipping fee for tires that does not exceed the regular tipping fee for other solid waste. Counties receiving Waste Tire Grants agree to provide free tipping on tires collected from their citizens unless the grant is not adequate to cover their costs. Counties may then justify an additional fee but must keep it to a minimum. TDEC does not keep a list of tipping fees charged by counties or landfill operators.
Illegal tire dumps have been identified and prioritized for remediation. When cleaning up a dump, the law requires TDEC to seek cost recovery from the responsible parties. Illegal tire dumping should be reported to the Division of Solid Waste Management's field staff or call 1-888-891-8332.
In 1998 the Tennessee Department of Transportation placed two projects using crumb rubber modified hot-mix asphalt using materials made from scrap tires.
Each 100 pounds of hot mix contained 2 pounds of recycled rubber. The test projects, both sections of Highway 70, are located in Shelby and Dickson Counties and are about 7 miles each. TDOT is continuing to evaluate the performance of these projects.
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Accumulations of waste tires harbor disease-transmitting vermin and they present hazards from pollution and fire risk. We work with public entities to clean up unauthorized dumpsites and prevent further waste accumulation with community tire collection events. We then contract the transportation as well as the recycling or disposal of these tires.
Waste tires are those no longer suitable for their intended purpose due to wear or damage. Accumulations of waste tires harbor mosquitos, snakes, and other vermin, which pose health risks, such as the mosquito-transmitted West Nile Virus.
Waste tire accumulations also present a dangerous fire hazard and the potential to emit polluting tire smoke.
Waste tires have a negative market value and proper recycling or disposal can be expensive. They tend to accumulate, and sometimes they’re dumped illegally. Many tire accumulations exist for a significant length of time. We work with public entities to clean up unauthorized dumpsites and prevent further waste accumulation by funding community tire collection events.
In 2005, the legislature created the waste tire removal account to help clean up illegally discarded tires. This account is funded by a $1 fee charged for each new vehicle tire sold in Washington. We receive an annual budget of $500,000 from this account. With this budget, we provide resources to communities and landowners who discover unauthorized waste tire accumulations. We also oversee businesses that handle waste tires.
The waste tire program:
This table summarizes efforts we fund for waste tire removal from 2007 to 2020.
| Year | Tons of Tires | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 32,671 | $4,300,079 |
| 2008 | 8,112 | $1,882,295 |
| 2009 | 11,217 | $2,648,464 |
| 2010 | 3,157 | $762,018 |
| 2011 | 352 | $112,415 |
| 2012 | 1,900 | $476,661 |
| 2013 | 1,868 | $328,204 |
| 2014 | 2,278 | $487,151 |
| 2015 | 1,645 | $274,236 |
| 2016 | 2,055 | $378,339 |
| 2017 | 1,330 | $303,296 |
| 2018 | 1,133 | $222,508 |
| 2019 | 2,031 | $508,173 |
| 2020 | 2,383 | $680,585 |
| Total | 72,132 | $13,364,424 |
This chart summarizes the waste streams for tires in Washington State from 2005 to 2017.
See Excel spreadsheet chart data
*Disposed (Incidental) in mixed MSW is estimated from waste characterization studies
Most tire dealers in Washington are required to collect a $1 fee for each new tire sold. This fee does not apply to:
If a customer returns a tire and is refunded the entire selling price, the $1 fee is refundable, as well (WAC 458.20.272).
Most businesses that haul waste tires are required to obtain a license. We maintain a list of these licensed tire carrier businesses.
Waste tire carrier requirements:
A waste tire carrier license is not required for:
Businesses that store waste tires are required to get local permits and may also need a state license.
This financial assurance is usually a bond but can be some other form of financial assurance as specified in WAC 173-350-600.Permitting and/or licensing for waste tire storage is not required for:
These sections describe the funding for the waste removal account, waste tire storage and carrier requirements and pertinent penalties. On the one hand, it is not difficult to return old tires. They can simply be thrown into a landfill if the problems of environmental pollution, as well as the growth of serious diseases, do not bother.
But problems can also be viewed from other perspectives. Tire tires, even used ones, are raw materials. Quite a few useful items can be made from it, especially if there is a private house or summer cottage. Finally, instead of throwing it away, you can take your old tires to a collection point for money.
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Used tires are accepted by recycling industries for grinding. From the obtained raw materials, products are made, intended for for construction and economy. In addition, new tires are made from them.
The disposal of used tires can be carried out for money, free or with an admission fee. Interested in the first option, with two other problems do not occur. It is not worth counting on large sums, price range - from 50 to 150 rubles. per tire, depending on its diameter (from 15 up to 22.5, respectively).
Prices vary by type of tires, as well as their quantity.
For example, for 1 ton of non-studded rubber they pay 4 tr. If it is studded, the cost rises to 6 tr. Cameras are bought for 30 rubles. Accordingly, for a set of worn studded tires, along with cameras, you can get 720 rubles. The amount is small, especially if you need services for transporting tires to the place of reception.
Most profitable to change tires to get:
Preliminary it is necessary to specify in autoshops and technical services the availability of such promotions. Given that they have offers in accepting used tires come in constantly, they can suspend promotions for indefinite period. Then there is another option, where to hand over the old tires for money.
As noted earlier, tires are a good building material.
His can be used for the following purposes:
Finally, vegetables are grown with their help in agriculture. It is enough to bury the tire in the ground, place seedlings in it. Thus, moisture is retained longer, yields increase. In addition, drinkers for domestic animals are made from tires.
All used as follows:
The second option will require ingenuity, organizational skills, and the ability to negotiate. But if during the search it was not possible to find enterprises where you can hand over tires for recycling for money, but on the contrary, they still require payment for services, then there is a reason to think about your own business.
For users of the Vyvoz.org website, we have compiled (and constantly updated) a list of organizations in large (and not only) Russian cities where you can return old tires for money or free of charge:
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Astrakhan
Barnaul
Vladivostok
Volgograd
Voronezh
Yekaterinburg
Izhevsk
Irkutsk
Kazan
Kaliningrad
Kemerovo
0002 Such an enterprise will require small investments - from 50 to 80 tr. Most of the money will be spent on renting premises, registering an organization, paying one or two employees, as well as advertising. A prerequisite is that the owner independently (at least for the first time) creates devices for agriculture and decor for yards. A license to collect and store recyclables is required.
Then a commercial offer is created, pages are drawn up in the most popular social networks. Targeting advertising in them is not expensive, it allows you to quickly reach the target audience.
Additionally, announcements are posted in rural areas, at dacha cooperatives, commercial offers are sent to management companies.
The production process consists of the following steps:
If the demand for rubber increases, you can offer to the population to hand over rubber for processing for money. In parallel is an agreement with a processing plant, where you can deliver in bulk unclaimed rubber. Such a business can bring from 50-70 to 300-500 tr. monthly. Depends on organizational owner's abilities.
By law, legal entities are required to report on the delivery of used tires for recycling.
The lack of documentary evidence leads to a fine for violating the rules for handling recyclables.
Therefore, business entities are required to apply to official processing manufacturer or its representative. At transfer of tires is issued:
In addition, the enterprise is working out an act in accordance with which tires are recognized as used. The commission decides on writing them off from the balance sheet of the enterprise and sending them for recycling.
Unlike businesses, individuals are not required to follow this procedure. But it is recommended to approach the disposal of tires in a responsible manner. Rubber decomposes for a long time, but being in the environment in the event of combustion is a source of dioxins that enter the air and then into the human body. Because of this, he can become seriously and even terminally ill.
Recycling of used tires is necessary to save environment and prevent serious diseases in humans. Despite the fact that worn rubber cannot be used for its intended purpose, it is a good resource for other products. You can even get paid for delivery of tires for recycling or organize a business on this.
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Tire recycling is not very common in Russia. Competition in this area is absent, therefore, to hand over single copies of the automobile tires are problematic.
On the other hand, it is not necessary to look for the item reception, there are alternative methods of disposal.
But the need for tire recycling is great. For the country in of which there are more than 40 million cars alone, careless attitude to this issue can cause an ecological catastrophe. The reason is as follows:
The negative impact on people and the environment is aggravated by burning tires. They emit highly toxic substances, and nothing grows on the soil where the rubber ignited for the next decade.
For example, when burning 1 ton of rubber, more than 700 kg of toxins and soot are released into the environment.
Finally, spontaneous and uncontrolled tire dumps in the city serve as a haven for rodents. Hence the increase in infectious diseases among the population.
All these negative factors do not appear immediately, they often affect suddenly. Therefore, the effective recycling of old tires gives way to a negligent attitude on the part of both the population and the authorities. The bottom line is that uncontrolled dumps of used tires continue to grow from year to year.
In order to influence the situation, in 2015 the Legislator amends the regulatory legal act that regulates waste management (No. 89-FZ).
What's new is that tire importers are required to accept used products for recycling. Norms have been established for the number of tires that representatives of foreign manufacturers are required to accept annually from the population. They make up about 20% of the total number of tires produced per year.
For this, the tires are collected, the cord is separated from them, thoroughly washed, crushed, sorted into fractions. Crushing takes place in two stages, resulting in crumbs. For this, equipment such as crushers, shredders or guillotines is used.
Another method is cryogenic processing. It includes the above procedure after which:
Then the obtained components are sorted, the metal and textile parts are separated from the rubber. If necessary, repeat crushing.
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This method is called pyrolysis. The principle of operation is the decomposition of tires into constituent components as a result of temperature exposure in a vacuum environment. This method requires expensive equipment, but it is the most environmentally friendly and profitable. Thanks to him you can get:
Finally, the chemical processing method makes it possible to obtain steel cord. It can be reused in the manufacture of tires or scrapped.
Acceptance of automobile tires for processing for money is carried out by a limited number of enterprises. In addition, it is not necessary to count on large sums.
The cost at which the considered used products are accepted rarely exceeds 150-200 rubles.
List of tire recycling plants in Russia with phone numbers:
For users of the Vyvoz.org website, we have compiled (and are constantly updating) a list of organizations in large (and not only) Russian cities where you can return old tires for money or for free:
Samara
Saratov
Togliatti
Tomsk
Tula
Tyumen
Ulyanovsk
Ufa
Khabarovsk
Chelyabinsk
Yaroslavl
9000
can be disposed of independently without any significant costs. Treated tires can serve as a curb, flowerbed, sports bag or makiwara for martial arts. Creative work can turn them into furniture for the garden plot or decorate the yard of an apartment building.
