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♻️ Tire Recycling Event coming to Salmon Arm

Drop off your old tires for free, hosted by Tire Stewardship BC & Kal Tire.

📅 Sat, Aug 16, 2025
📍 511 10 St SW
⏰ 9 AM – 1 PM
✅ On/off-rim ✅ Residential only

Can’t attend? Visit tsbc.ca for more info.

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Used tires are getting a sustainable upgrade—as noise barriers. In the Czech Republic, design firm mmcité+ has developed the Noba system, a modular barrier made from recycled tire rubber and polymer binders.

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State offers funding for new programs to recycle tires Michigan generates more than 10 million scrap tires every year, about one tire for every resident, according to state's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy. If they're illegally discarded, that means 10 million opportunities for pollution and breeding grounds for mosquitoes that can carry disease. That's why EGLE, which oversees Michigan's tire recycling programs, is offering grants for projects that feature new uses for scrap tires in manufacturing and paving products. “The scrap tire market in Michigan is in a transformation from managing scrap tires as a waste to creating economic value,” said Kirsten Clemens, scrap tire coordinator in EGLE's materials management division. Instead of being discarded, unwanted tires can be collected, processed and used for various purposes such as mulch in rain gardens and septic fields, as weights for construction barrels and silage covers, as pavement for trails and pathways and even as fuel. Ethan Dunn founded BSG Tire Recycling in Detroit in 2021. He was a practicing attorney with virtually no expertise in recycling but he noticed several tired dumped at a home across from his. "I called the city and they said, 'We hate tires; We don't know what to do about them,'" he said. "I got into this with the idea of finding a better way to get rid of tires." At his Detroit-based company, the rubber from about 300,000 tires per year is shredded into a versatile aggregate, then put to use in a number of ways. Last year, the company completed a project in the Avalon Village area of Highland Park using Porous Pave, a blend of stone and rubber used as an eco-friendly alternative to concrete or asphalt. That work was partially funded by EGLE, Dunn said. BSG is applying for an EGLE grant this year as well. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, BSG is Detroit's only licensed tire recycling facility, and last year was named one of American's Top 100 Small Businesses by the chamber. The company has nine full-time employees and is looking to expand. "We're the new guys but we're trying to transform the way tire recycling is typically done," Dunn said. The EGLE grants can including up to 50% of total eligible costs for projects "that demonstrate new or increased uses for unwanted tires." EGLE will prioritize proposals based on the amount of scrap tire material used in developing the project or product, demonstration of a new or improved use of scrap tire material and demonstration of viable markets. “Keeping tire scrap out of the waste stream is a milestone on the pathway to tripling Michigan’s recycling rate to 45% by 2030 as part of the MI Healthy Climate Plan," Clemens said. Grant applications with supporting documentation will be accepted through April 18. For a grant application package, log onto Michigan.Gov/Scraptires, and select the appropriate link under “Grants,” or email EGLE-ScrapTire@Michigan.gov. How to discard your unwanted tires EGLE said individuals or businesses with unwanted tires generally have three options: * Contact a tire recycler or processor. A listing of registered organizations can be found at Michigan.gov/ScrapTires. * Visit a local retailer. Many tire retailers accept used tires for a small fee. EGLE recommends that customers recycle their old tires when they buy new ones. * Attend a scrap tire collection event. Communities around the state periodically host these events, which are funded by EGLE. Users can search for a recycling event near them, to discard tires or other materials, at https://recyclesearch.com/profile/michigan-directory. Do not throw old tires away for regular trash pickup. Michigan lawmakers outlawed the practice in 1994. Violators can face fees up to $500 per tire. mreinhart@detroitnews.com @max_detroitnews This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: State offers funding for new programs to recycle tires

Michigan generates more than 10 million scrap tires every year, about one tire for every resident, according to state's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.


If they're illegally discarded, that means 10 million opportunities for… #TireRecycling #SustainableMichigan #WasteManagement

Friends in #BC #Canada:

🚨The TSBC Community Grant Program is now open for applications. Since its launch, the program has supported 349 projects in over 90 communities in BC, awarding over $6 million to help create accessible and safe spaces for all.
Info: tsbc.ca/applications...

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