Since announcing a tire dump roundup last November, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources reports that 41 sites, containing more than 92,000 tires, have been qualified to be cleaned at no charges to the property owner.
The department is offering all Missouri property owners the opportunity to report illegal scrap tire dumps on their property, so they can be removed. In order to qualify for the program, the scrap tire dump must contain more than 500, but less than 10,000 tires. The owner must also sign a property access agreement. This agreement also requires that if the property owner violates the solid waste management law in the future, the department can proceed with assessing penalties and cost recovery for the incident.
Active businesses and property owners who have participated in prior cleanup initiatives are not eligible for the program.
The Tire Dump Roundup is funded from the state's 50-cent-per-tire tire fee. To date, more than 14 million tires across Missouri have been cleaned up with the funds from this fee. The department estimates that around 350,000 tires remain scattered across the state in known dumpsites.