Thursday, January 29, 2009

Free Used Tire Disposal at Solid Waste Sites

ADEQ awards more than $1 million in waste tire grants

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality awarded grants of more than $1 million this month to support tire disposal and recycling operations throughout the state.

The grants are given quarterly to the state's regional solid waste management districts to fund waste tire collection, transportation, recycling or disposal.

For the first quarter of 2009, ADEQ awarded $1,011,850.

ADEQ's grant awards are calculated based on population of each district and by the number of tires a district received the previous year.

Arkansas residents may dispose of up to four tires per month free of charge at waste tire collection sites within their region. The 125 sites in Arkansas are operated by regional solid waste management districts.

The ADEQ grants are funded by a $2-per-tire fee on automobile and light truck tires sold in the state. An additional $3-per-tire fee is assessed for large truck tires.

In addition to the tire management grants, ADEQ often awards money from its waste tire grant fund to pay for clean up of illegal tire disposal sites or support capital improvement projects.

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