Friday, December 31, 2010
Recycled Tires A Problem
KENTUCKY...
Add tire recycling to the long list of causes of the bad economy.
While the Kentucky Division of Waste Management estimates that about 4 million scrap tires are generated every year in the state, there's very little money to recycle them. County waste management officials tell the Messenger-Inquirer those tires are ending up in landfills by the thousands.
A highly successful 2008 state program that provided the funding to promote tire recycling has been abandoned due to state budget cuts.
A pilot of that program in a seven-county western Kentucky region took in tens of thousands of tires. County officials said they were overwhelmed by the response.
Now, the state is offering $3,000 grants for tire recycling, and county officials say they don't know what they can accomplish with such a small amount of funding.
Add tire recycling to the long list of causes of the bad economy.
While the Kentucky Division of Waste Management estimates that about 4 million scrap tires are generated every year in the state, there's very little money to recycle them. County waste management officials tell the Messenger-Inquirer those tires are ending up in landfills by the thousands.
A highly successful 2008 state program that provided the funding to promote tire recycling has been abandoned due to state budget cuts.
A pilot of that program in a seven-county western Kentucky region took in tens of thousands of tires. County officials said they were overwhelmed by the response.
Now, the state is offering $3,000 grants for tire recycling, and county officials say they don't know what they can accomplish with such a small amount of funding.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:46 PM 
