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COUNTY’S

TIRE RECYCLING PROGRAM

OUTLINE

Background Vision Strategy Resources AV Events Performance Measures

Background

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Who leads the state in waste tire generation?

…why it’s us the car capital.

Of the 30-40 million waste tires generated in California a year, 1/3 is generated by L.A. County.

Disposed 25%

Reused 5%

Crumb Rubber 6%

RAC 9%

CE Application 7%ADC 10%

Agriculture, other 7%

Retread 10%

Exported 4%

TDF (power) 3%

TDF (cement) 15%

What happens to the waste tires in the State?

How is the State handling waste tires and how is it funded?

$1.00Tire Fund

CalRecycle

$0.75 Air Pollution Control Fund

Air Resources Board

$1.75 Fee

CalRecycle:

• regulates the waste tire industry (i.e. permits tire facilities, haulers)

• promotes tire diversion

• funds research and development

• provides grants for tire programs

Why are regulations and diversion programs important?

Because waste tires:

• provide breeding ground for rodents/mosquitoes which could spread diseases

• produce toxic smoke and leachate that contaminate aquifers, when they catch on fire.

• take up diminishing landfill capacity

• cause urban blight when dumped

In our County, tires are dumped in:

local neighborhoods - decreasing property values

agriculture fields - degrading the land

sensitive habitat - threatening wildlife

So what is the solution?

unsuspecting communities - invading block by block

Take me to your leader!

Vision

Strategy

Employ a “Push/Pull” model

Require County Fleet to recycle their waste tires.

Lobby State to enact an Extended Producer Responsibility policy for tires

Conduct collection events for residents to recycle their waste tires.

Ensure tires from cleanup operations are recycled.

These departments perform cleanups:

• Public Works • Public Health• Agriculture and Weights Measurement

Employ rubberized asphalt concrete on road rehabilitation projects.

Construct tire-derived demonstration projects that show the beneficial applications of recycled materials.

Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Rubber Sidewalks – The Old Road, Santa Clarita

Recycled Rubber Resilient Surfacing Path – Obregon Park, East LA

ResourcesCosts > Tire Recycling Contract (Cleanup and Events) = $180,000 / yr.

Funding > Grants from CalRecycle including Waste Tire Cleanup Grant, Waste Tire Amnesty Events Grant, and Tire-Derived Product Grant.

CalRecycle’s Tire Fund Budget Awarded to DPW

$17,320 (5%)

$20,000 (6%)

$50,000 (16%)

$50,000 (5%)

$100,000 (14%)

$75,000 (9%)

$75,000 (9%)

$90,000 (8%)

$90,000 (7%)

$90,000 (7%)

Cost for an AV Collection Event = $50,000

County Crews: $7,000

includes labor and heavy machinery

Contractor: $43,000

includes coordination, prep, PR,ad design, sponsorship work and event staffing

• Print Ads = $6,000• Bins and Hauling = $5,000• Recycling = $6,000 ($100/ton)• Event Staffing = $3,500

AV Events

• Steel (from rims, belt wires)

• Reuse or Retread

• Crumb Rubber (i.e. for Rubberized Asphalt Pavement)

• Civil Engineering Applications

(Base Material)

Collected tires are recycled into:

Performance Measures

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

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basin eventsAV events

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Questions?