Environment, Energy and Transportation

State Waste Tire Programs

June 2006

Introduction

Waste tires become a haven for mosquitoes and are a fire hazard, generating fires that can take weeks to extinguish while polluting the air. On the other hand, they can become a source of waste-to-energy fuel; they can become a source for an asphalt-like paving; and they can be used for embankment reinforcement. According to a table from the Scrap Tire Management Council in Resource Recycling (April 2000) six states allow monofils with waste tires; 30 states have fees (often on the purchase of new tires), six states have no landfill restrictions; 35 states ban whole tires from landfills; eight ban all scrap tires from land fills, and 48 states have scrap tire laws or regulations.

EPA offers a State Scrap Tire Programs: Quick Reference Guide, 1999 Update available at no charge, order number EPA530B99002, 1-800-490-9198. EPA also profiles state solid waste programs, including used tires (in chapter 5) at http://www.p2pays.org/ref/26/25246.pdf

The following links go to state web sites that have information about the state waste tire programs. In some cases there is a detailed program description; other sites contain rules and regulations.

AL	Department of Revenue
AR	Department of Environmental Quality Waste Tire Program
AZ	Department of Environmental Quality
CA	Integrated Waste Management Board
CT	Department of Environmental Protection
GA	Department of Natural Resources (Scroll down to Scrap tires)
IA	Department of Natural Resources
KS	Bureau of Waste Management
KY	Department of Natural Resources
MI	Department of Environmental Quality
MO	Department of Natural Resources
MS	Mississippi Waste Tire Management Regulations
NH	Department of Environmental Services
NJ	Department of Environmental Protection
NM	New Mexico Tire Recycling Act
NY	Department of Environmental Conservation
NC	Department of Environment and Natural Resources
OH	Environmental Protection Agency
PA	Department of Environmental Protection
TN	Department of Environmental Conservation
TX	Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC)
UT	Department of Environmental Quality
VA	Department of Environmental Quality
WA	Department of Ecology

State Waste Tire Program for many of the states.

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