Ontario Industry Rolls Old Tires Into Green Products

 

It's been a while since we blogged at Think Green Live Green. However, while we were doing our vehicle service this week, we saw a brochure about a free tire-recycling program, which is a great blog topic.

The Ontario Tire Stewardship is an industry-funded organization that manages The Used Tires Program. This is a province-wide initiative in Ontario to collect and recycle used on-road and off-road tires. Ontarians can recycled up to 4 used tires each without charge or having to make a purchase, with Registered Collectors.

The program will divert scrap tires away from burning and landfill sites to the 3R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) for such uses as: hockey rinks, rubber automotive parts, rubber mats, rubber products made in playground equipment, rubber shingles, rubber mud flaps, rubberized asphalt and more. This will make it easier for Ontarians to recycle their used tires and will help to eliminate the illegal dumping of scrap tires.

Which tires are included in the Program?

• passenger tires, small RV and trailer tires, light truck tires and temporary spares
• motorcycle, golf cart
• small utility
• free rolling farm tires
• medium truck tires
• agricultural drive and logger skidder tires
• forklift and construction equipment tires
• small, medium, large and giant off the road tires

For more detailed information about The Used Tire Program, visit Ontario Tire Stewardship.

Don't Throw That Away!! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Throw-away society. Each Canadian throws away approximately half a kilogram of packaging daily. In fact, half of our cities' solid waste by volume and one-third by weight is made up of paackaging.

What can you do about this?

Shop carefully and avoid buying products that are over packaged.

Buy in bulk where possible and use reusable containers when buying bulk. Avoid single serving items that are over-packaged.

Contact companies you purchase from and encourage less packaging or produce environmentally friendly packaging.

Talk to your friends, family, colleagues about reducing excess packaging.

Reuse packing materials for shipping parcels, wrapping gifts, moving, etc.

Bring your own bag when you shop.

Make it from scratch, such as pasta sauces, breads, etc. These are made from real ingredients that are NOT packaged, therefore there's no waste. Well maybe there's some organic waste but that's the helpful type of waste which can easily be recycled and reused into healthy rich soil.

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