State Legislation Affecting Tire Disposal

Scrap tire legislation is increasing rapidly at the state level. In 1990, twelve states passed or finalized scrap tire laws, regulations, or amendments (12). Thirty-six states now have scrap tire laws or regulations in effect, and all but 9 states regulate or have bills proposed or in draft form to regulate tires. A summary of the states laws in effect in January 1991 is provided in Table 8. The legislations contents are summarized in Table 9. 

Several states have considered or are considering legislation that would ban all whole tires from landfills. Minnesota has already banned all tires from landfills. In some other states, landfills have such high tipping fees that whole tires are 

ESTIMATED TIRE SHREDDING COSTS Mobile Shredders (In dollars and cents per tire) 

Source Franklin Associates, Ltd based on estimates supplied by Saturn Shredders. 

COSTS OF LANDFILLING AUTOMOTIVE WASTE TIRES IN THE UNITED STATES (In dollars per ton or cents per tire) 1/ 

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