Ontario Considers Tire Recycling Program

Ontario, Canada’s Environmental Minister John Gerresten has announced a plan that would require motorists to pay a fee when purchasing new tires to fund recycling, according to a report in the Toronto Star.

According to the report, Gerresten has already spoken to Waste Diversion Ontario, which creates recycling programs, and expects a tire program to be approved by the government later this year.

In other Canadian provinces, consumers generally pay a fee of between $3 and $5 on new tires, which is used to recycle the tires when they have reached the end of their useful life.

More information is available at www.wdo.ca.