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Tires

There are 20 million scrap tires generated annually in Canada.

Almost every type of tire can be recycling.  The most common are those found on your car or truck but, bike, off-road and specialty tires that are used on construction and industrial equipment are also recycled.


Tires pose problems at landfills because they take up a lot of space and do not break down. Meanwhile whole tires tend to drift the top of the landfill pile and break through liners or closure caps


New tires can be made from up to 10 per cent recycled rubber. Recycled tires are used to make, surfacing for playgrounds, mats and sidewalk blocks, mulch for landscaping and loose crumb, drainage material in municipal landfills, replacing expensive washed rock, playground surfaces
sidewalk blocks, matting products and roofing tiles
and mulch for landscaping

Recycling Process





1. Collect

Registered tire processors pick up the scrap tires from tires shops, vehicle dealers, automotive repair shops or municipal collection sites.



2. Shred

The tires are run through a shredder, which is the final stage of processing for almost half the scrap tires



3. Crumb

The other half of the tires are processed into crumb rubber.


4. Reuse

Recycled tires get use to make playground surfaces, road paving material, patio blocks, shingles, mats


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One thing to do different

Recycle old tires instead of throwing them away as this is a wasted opportunity to reuse a valuable resource. 
New Recycling Programs

"Bike tire cages" have been set up in the parking lots of various sporting goods stores, cycle shops or recycling depots to help increase people recycling their bike tires.
Effect on our Community

Dumping tires or putting them in landfills are unsustainable practices, and are a missed opportunity to gain benefits from recovery and reuse of tires.


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