disposing of old tires?

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  1. newtoford

    newtoford Member

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    if you have old worn tires can you just throw them out with the trash or is there a more "enviromentaly safe" way to dispose of them? keep in mind theses are just the rubber tires with no rim. I know alot of automobile waste products like coolent, batterys and oil need to be disposed of properly but does that include tires?:hmmm:
     
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    Yes they are a environmental hazard. Your local tire is the best place to rid of, gonna cost you a couple bucks.
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    We can take them to the local dump.
     
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    yea alot of the tire stores around here charge a $3 disposal fee but i didnt know if that was just a way to get a few extra bucks out of you or save you the headache of taking the old ones home with you.

    wonder if they'll take them at my school's shop?

    (doing a little cleaning this week ;) )
     
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    As Donnie Baker says,,, It's a state law, I swear it is. Been that way for numerous years. I think it's federal law on tire clean up fund
     
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  6. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    our local landfill has a bin to put them in...2 a day max....:huh:

    ...:yup:...
     
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    Better than here, 4 a year, after that it is $5 tire, and that is per household.

    I have about 12 years worth!

    rk
     
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    We're allowed to put them out with the trash any Friday as long as they are removed from the wheels.
     
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    mavmanerick burnin' rubber since '90

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    just start a bigass tire fire that lasts a couple weeks and call it good..
     
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    A local Mcgee tire took a couple we had for free.
     
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    Take them to your local tire store when they are closed. leave them in the parking lot......they'll take care of them for ya...lol
     
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    was gonna post that exact reply . just toss em on the pile they have, or by their trash. then :burnout:
     
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  13. don graham

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    the dumps out here won't take them. they watch when i dump a roll off truck and if there are any tires in them, they make me take them out. i take them back and dump them at the place they came from. if i can't take them back we'll send you a bill.:)
     
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  14. Jamie Miles

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    LOL I did the exact same thing at Tires Plus when I had new tires put on the '72. Guy said there was a tire disposal fee, so I threw them in the trunk, came back later that night and tossed them in the pile. :D
     
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    In Oklahoma, the law requires that a tire waste disposal fee is collected regardless of if you keep the old tires or not. The tire waste disposal fee is on NEW tires, not the old ones.
     
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