Illinois EPA Announces Waste-Tire Collections
for 1997
For Immediate Release
May 15, 1997 |
Technical Contact: Tap Hefley,
217-524-4655
TDD, 217-782-9143 |
Springfield, Ill. -- The Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled 21 countywide
tire collections from mid-May to mid-November. Last year, some
6,000 participants brought more than 500,000 waste tires to 31
similar collections.
There is no charge, but participants must sign an agreement
stating they will not accumulate waste tires, and that they have
no waste tires remaining on their property. Accumulating waste
tires is a violation of environmental law.
The Agency advises motorists purchasing new tires to leave
their used tires with their retailer, who must, by law, accept
worn tires for recycling.
Residents of the counties listed in the accompanying table may
participate by bringing waste tires to the designated collection
points during the dates indicated. The maximum number of tires
any individual may bring is 1,000. Those who have participated in
previous collections are ineligible.
No tires will be accepted from commercial trucking companies
or from tire retailers. Truck and tractor tires will be accepted,
but not large industrial or off-road tires.
The Illinois EPA's countywide tire-removal program began in
1990. It is funded by a $1 per tire recycling fee that consumers
pay when purchasing new tires. Tires are among the few products
having a funded, "closed loop" recycling program: Worn
tires are collected by tire dealers and are passed along to tire
recyclers. Some tires are retreaded and reused; others are
recycled into a variety of products and uses; but most are
shredded into a high-energy-content fuel supplement and are
burned in power plants, industrial boilers or cement kilns.
| Illinois
EPA Countywide Waste Tire Collection Schedule for 1997 |
| Dates |
County |
Cosponsors |
Locations |
| May 16-17 |
Champaign |
City and County
of Champaign |
Illinois Power parking
lot on Eureka St. between Walnut and Champaign St., in
north Champaign |
| June 23 |
Iroquois |
Ford Iroquois
Extension Unit |
To be announced |
| June 27-28 |
Massac |
Massac County
Farm Bureau |
Massac County Highway
Dept. back parking lot on North Ave., north of Metropolis |
| July 9 |
Richland |
Richland County
Farm Bureau |
To be announced |
| July 12 |
Coles |
Coles County Soil and
Water Consv. Dist. |
To be announced |
| July 17-19 |
Cook |
City of Chicago Hts.
and Cook County |
To be announced |
| Aug. 14-16 |
Jersey |
Jersey County
Health Dept. |
To be announced |
| Aug. 16 |
Edwards |
Edwards County
Young Farmers |
Edwards County
Fairgrounds
Albion |
| Aug. 18-19 |
Marshall |
Marshall-Putnam
Farm Bureau |
To be announced |
| Aug. 21-22 |
Lee |
Lee County Office
of Solid Waste Mgt. |
To be announced
(Collection to include used motor oil and batteries) |
| Sept. 8-10 |
Winnebago |
Winnebago County
Farm Bureau |
To be announced |
| Sept. |
Cumberland |
Cumberland County
Farm Bureau |
Days and location to be
announced |
| Sept. 10-11 |
Pulaski |
Pulaski-Alexander
Farm Bureau |
To be announced |
| Oct. 4 |
White |
White County
Health Dept. |
To be announced |
| Oct. 6-8 |
McHenry |
McHenry County
Dept. of Planning |
To be announced |
| Oct. 9-11 |
Tazewell |
Tazewell County
Health Dept. |
To be announced |
| Oct. 18 |
Montgomery |
Montgomery County
Solid Waste Dept. |
To be announced |
| Oct. 24-25 |
Christian |
Christian County
Solid Waste Mgt. |
To be announced |
| Nov. 12-13 |
Woodford |
Woodford County
Soil & Water Consv. Dist. |
Woodford FS Plant on
Route 24
east of Eureka |
| Nov. 13-15 |
Wabash |
City of Mount Carmel |
To be announced |
| Nov. 14-15 |
Sangamon |
Sangamon County
Public Health |
Illinois State
Fairgrounds
Springfield |
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