Recycle Old Tires
Monday, July 9th, 2007
So, perhaps you have decided to buy tires online, but remember to act responsibly when disposing of your old tires. Increasingly, people are incorrectly disposing of old tires. This can be harmful to the environment and costly for the government to clean up. Berrien County officials have decided to do something about it, creating a recycling scheme for local residents.
“We get car tires in we get truck tires in, we get oversize tires as well. And they have come from all over the place, residents sometimes farmers will have some in their back field” said Berrien County environmental specialist Jill Adams.
After years and thousands of miles of use, these tires have found the end of the road…or have they?
“All of these tires even the dirty ones they’re able to recycle those they pull out the metal and they can recycle the metal. There are more and more products being made from recycled tires every day” Adams said.
Read the full article here.
so remember… save the environment, recycle!