Used Tire Waste Diversion Program

The Used Tires Diversion Program was approved in April 2009, and will begin in the fall of 2009.
 
The new industry-funded program, to be delivered by Ontario Tire Stewardship under the guidance of Waste Diversion Ontario, will deal with the more than 12 million used tires generated in Ontario each year. It will:

• Recycle 91 per cent of used car and truck tires into higher end uses in year one
• Clean up the nearly three million used tires stockpiled across the province
• Include the recycling of large industrial and off-road tires, which are currently not collected or recycled
• Include funding for public education programs and research into greener ways to recycle tires.

News release
April 9 : RECYCLING ONTARIO’S USED TIRES: McGuinty Government Approves Used Tire Recycling Program

Minister’s letters to Waste Diversion Ontario
August 14, 2008: Minister’s direction letter to Waste Diversion Ontario
April 8, 2009: Minister’s approval letter to Waste Diversion Ontario

Environmental Bill of Rights
Final Decision

Used Tires Program Plan
For more information on the program, or for a copy of the program plan, please contact Ontario Tire Stewardship directly at 1 (888) OTS-2202 or by email at info@ontariotirestewardship.org.

Regulations
O. Reg. 84/03 – Designates used tires under the Waste Diversion Act, 2002, and designates Ontario Tire Stewardship as the program’s industry funding organization.

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