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Scrap Tire Management Resources

Sample Municipality Letter of Understanding (PDF) (3 pp, 1.5M, About PDF) | en Espaņol (3 pp, 49K, Sobre el PDF)

Tire Initiative Collaborative Effort Information Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 97K) | en Espaņol (2 pp, 100K)

U.S.-Mexico Scrap Tire Integrated Management Initiative (4 pp, 65K)
(en Español) (34pp, 65K)

Local Government Solutions for Scrap Tire Management ( TCEQ) 

State Programs and Partnerships

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EPA and SEMARNAT agree that implementation of the U.S.-Mexico Scrap Tire Integrated Management Initiative (PDF) (4 pp, 60K) (en Espaņol) (7 pp, 73K) (Tire Initiative)'s principles and actions are necessary for proper management of scrap tires in the U.S.-Mexico border region. The Tire Initiative was agreed upon by the Border 2012 Tire Group and signed by SEMARNAT and EPA in October 2006.

Tire Initiative Principles

  • Better understand the problems contributing to scrap tire generation
  • Prevent new tire piles
  • Clean-up "legacy" (existing) tire piles using environmentally sound and cost-effective solutions
  • Involve stakeholders and communities in creating solutions.

Tire Initiative Actions

Gather information to better understand scrap tire generation.

Consider federal, state, and local-level regulatory options to administer scrap tire management programs.

Encourage development and implementation, through incentives, of environmentally acceptable and economically viable end-use markets for scrap tires to increase recycling and reuse.

Abate tire piles by seeking funding to eliminate existing scrap tire piles, and by investing in temporary storage/transfer stations to facilitate tire recycling and reuse.

Involve federal, state and local government, business, universities, and nongovernmental organizations in the implementation of the Scrap Tire Integrated Management Initiative.

Support educational outreach programs on scrap tire recycling and reuse targeting diverse groups of stakeholders.

Contact the Workgroup Co-chairs

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