Collections Call: Major Ont. used tire collection companies facing $200K fines for regulation non-compliance
Toronto, Ontario — Five major tire collection businesses in Ontario have run afoul of the province’s recycling regulator, according to reporting from the CBC, with each of the named companies now facing the prospect of six-figure fines. Ontario’s Resource Productivity & Recovery Authority (RPRA) has officially called out five companies responsible for the collection of […]
Rubber Reclamation: B.C. tire stewardship sources 14,928 scrap tires for community projects
Vancouver, British Columbia — Disregard superstitions for a moment because 13 appears to be the lucky number of British Columbia institutions due to receive rubber from 14,928 scrap tires sourced from the province, as part of the Tire Stewardship B.C. program. The rubber, as well as the $5.8 million in grants dished out by the […]
Rubber Rooms: Australian researchers develop concrete alternative from old tires
Adelaide, Australia — Researchers from a pair of Australian universities say they have unlocked the building blocks to a new eco-friendly recycling solution for used vehicle tires—a solution involving literal building blocks. A collaboration between the University of Southern Australia (UniSA) and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) has demonstrated that crumb rubber sourced […]
Tire Liar: Sask. tire company owing $200K for unpaid recycling fees
Regina, Saskatchewan — Tire fraud! It’s the biggest thing since wire fraud and the ownership of a central Saskatchewan recycling company are big fans of the practice, earning themselves more than $200,000 in fines and unpaid fees. Silk Tire Inc. of Foam Lake and Kelvington, Sask. was named in a Ministry of Environment press release […]
Full Circle: Andrew MacDonald using tire-derived aggregate in latest construction project
Truro, Nova Scotia — President of Maritime Auto Parts Andrew MacDonald and his wife Katie are taking recycled tires to a new level—ground-level, that is. Since 1996, Nova Scotia’s tires have been processed and recycled by Divert Nova Scotia (Divert NS). According to the organization, more than one million used tires are diverted from the […]
Breaking Bonds: Hamilton, Ont. scientists develop method to dissolve and recycle tire rubber
Hamilton, Ontario — Scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. have discovered a way to dissolve rubber from old car tires, which they say could eventually remove tires from landfills altogether. McMaster outlined the method—which is further elaborated upon in the journal Green Chemistry—in a Jan. 13 news release. The process involves breaking down the […]
