If you have any old tires lying around, now is the time to dispose of them.
The rural municipalities of Silverwood and Willowdale are taking part in the one-time, free program to dispose of old tires.
The RM of Silverwood, in co-operation with the Whitewood Fire Department, will collect tires from July 4 to 24.
“People are encouraged to drop their tires on July 14 and 15 as there will be people on site to assist them on these two days,” said Murray MacPherson, an employee at the RM of Silverwood.
Tires can be dropped at the site of the RM of Silverwood shop on the 703 Grid, which is south of Whitewood and east of Highway 9 (commonly called the St. Hubert’s Road).
The RM of Willowdale, along with the New Life Community Church Youth Group, invite residents of Whitewood and the RM of Willowdale to drop off their tires at a lot just east of the auction barn along the north side of Highway 1.
“The earliest we can accept tires is July 25 and the absolute last day is Aug. 13,” said RM of Willowdale administrator Bob Laing.
Contacts are Sam Beutler at 306-735-7341 and Dave Hepburn at 306-735-7356.
“This is a one-time only program for free tire recycling. After this, it will cost money to have the tires collected at landfills,” Laing stated.
The Black Gold Rush program offered by the Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation (SSTC) in Saskatchewan is aimed at cleaning up all scrap tires on private property and farmland. This gives landowners the opportunity to have any scrap tires cleaned up at no cost.
The Black Gold Rush will be a one-time free service provided by SSTC. Once the tire collection has been completed within a designated municipality, the SSTC will not conduct any further tire collections in the area.
The Black Gold Rush is the third phase of the SSTC’s stewardship program. Phase 1 keeps scrap tires out of the waste stream as they are generated. When retailers install new tires on consumers’ vehicles, the used tires removed from the vehicles are kept by the retailers, picked up by collectors and transported directly to processing plants for recycling. Phase 2 saw the cleanup and recycling of tire stockpiles built up in city, town, village and rural municipal landfills throughout Saskatchewan. Phase 1 is ongoing and Phase 2 is now complete.
Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation
The Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation’s mission is to develop, implement, and maintain a single, cost-effective, and province-wide tire recycling program on behalf of its stakeholders and the people of Saskatchewan. The SSTC is accountable to its stakeholders, the provincial government, and the public, for the collection, processing, and environmentally sound disposal of scrap tires in Saskatchewan.
The Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation, established in 1996, is a provincially incorporated, non-profit organization governed by a seven-member volunteer board. The SSTC is the only organization approved by the Ministry of Environment to administer a product management plan for scrap tires, on behalf of tire retailers and sellers that are required to meet the terms set out in the Scrap Tire Management Regulations (1998).
The Scrap Tire Management Regulations (1998) contain two requirements that make the SSTC unique among its Canadian peers.
The requirements are:
• The collection and recycling of stockpiled scrap tires must, by regulation, be included in the approved scrap tire management programs. Saskatchewan is the only western province to include this requirement in the regulation. The two programs that fulfill this requirement are branded as the Black Gold Rush program and the Return to Retailer (R2R) program.
•All types of scrap tires must be accepted for collection, recycling, and management, including tires used on farming and agricultural machinery, as well as larger off-the-road tires (OTR) such as those used in mining operations. To date, Manitoba is the only other province that has this requirement.
Prior to 1996, most of the scrap tires in the province ended up in landfills as domestic waste, were stockpiled, buried, burned, or dumped indiscriminately throughout the province.
The SSTC and its stakeholders are committed to ensuring that all of the tire recycling fees (TRFs), paid by consumers, are used to recycle and promote the recycling of scrap tires within the province.
Annually, Saskatchewan generates one million scrap tires, of which are passenger car tire equivalents (PTE). Prior to the SSTC’s programs, almost all of these tires ended up in landfills as domestic waste. Tires were stockpiled, buried, or burned, as tire dumping was a common disposal option, and many tires were found along roadside ditches.
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