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"Abandoned used tires can hide
mosquitoes that help spread diseases such as West Nile virus and
also pose a fire hazard. That's why it is important to offer even
more used tire collections for citizens around the state," the
governor said.
In partnership with units of
local government, primarily county health departments, the
Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency has scheduled 32 countywide used tire
collections throughout the state this year, beginning April 16 and 17 in Macomb, more than double the number available
last year.
"Over the past 14 years, the
Illinois EPA has co-sponsored 376 countywide collections that have
resulted in the proper disposal or recycling of 51,000 tons of used
tires, the equivalent of more than 4 million tires, and we are
pleased to be able to offer an increased number of collections this
year," said agency Director Renee Cipriano.
The agency has been conducting
countywide used tire collections since 1990. Last year there were 15
collections in which nearly 4,000 citizens brought more than 300,000
used tires to the collections. The collections are paid for with
funds generated from the tire user fee assessed on retail customers.
Used tires that are collected
from these events are converted into tire-derived fuel, which is
burned for energy recovery, or they are recycled into various
materials, including playground flooring, horse arena flooring,
rubber landscape mulch and crumb rubber for use on athletic fields
and running tracks. Used tires are also used in the manufacture of
various rubber products for the automotive and home improvement
industries.
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Counties that wish to host a
collection provide the facility, advertising and volunteers for the
event, while the Illinois EPA provides the used tire removal
contractor and funding for all used tire transportation from the
collection site to reprocessing facilities.
Under the Environmental
Protection Act, the Illinois EPA is authorized to collect for
removal up to 1,000 used tires from an individual's property at no
cost to the property owner, provided the property owner signs a
Consensual Removal Agreement agreeing not to accumulate any more
used tires.
However, these collections are
for individuals only. Businesses that generate used tires, including
tire retailers, trucking companies and salvage yards, are not
eligible to participate in these collections.
A copy of the
Consensual
Removal Agreement and the used tire collection
schedule are available at
http://www.epa.state.il.us/land/tires/index.html.
[To download the Adobe Acrobat
reader for the agreement form, click here.]
The schedule of counties where
collections will be conducted this year is also listed
below. The specific location and dates of
some of the events, including a collection in Logan County, will be
announced later. Collection dates and locations will be posted by
the Illinois EPA as they are scheduled. Listings are subject to
change without notice. For further information contact Tap Hefley at
(217) 785-8604.
Citizens are also urged to report abandoned tires or illegal
tire-dumping activity through
Project TREAD, an acronym for tire reduction education and
disposal, by calling one of the agency's
regional office
contacts listed on the Web.
[News release from the
governor's office]
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
2004 countywide waste tire collection schedule
| Dates |
County |
Co-sponsors |
Locations |
April
16-17,
8 a.m.-3 p.m. |
McDonough |
McDonough Soil and Water Conservation Dist. |
IDOT
Maintenance Yard
2850 E. Jackson, Macomb |
April
23, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
April 24, 7 a.m.- 3 p.m. |
Bond
|
Bond
County Health Department |
Old
Greenville Junior High School
513 E. Beaumont, Greenville |
May
14-15,
8 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Saline |
Egyptian Public and Mental Health Department |
Harrisburg Landscape Facility
Small Street, Harrisburg |
May 21,
8 a.m.-4 p.m.
May 22, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Crawford |
Ambraw
Valley Solid Waste Management |
Robinson Waste Water Treatment Plant
1000 N. Mitchell Ave., Robinson |
May 22,
8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
McHenry |
McHenry
County Department of Planning and Development |
McHenry
County Fairgrounds
Route 47 and Country Club Road, Woodstock |
June 5,
8 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Fulton |
Fulton
County Health Department |
Fulton
County Fairgrounds
1325 S. Main, Lewiston (tentative) |
June
11-12,
8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Stark |
Stark
County Soil and Water Conservation District |
Stark
County Fairgrounds
Route 17, Wyoming |
June
12,
8 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Mason |
Mason
County Health Department |
Havana
Community High School
McKinley Street, Havana |
June
25-26,
8 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Franklin |
Franklin-Williamson Bi-County Health Department |
Franklin County Highway Department
13163 Oddfellow Lane, Benton |
June
25-26,
8 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Knox
|
Knox
County Health Department |
Knox
County Fairgrounds
1392 Knox Highway 9, Knoxville |
June
26,
8 a.m.-3 p.m. |
Macon |
Macon
County Solid Waste Management Department |
Richland Community College
Intersection of Brush College Road and Rea's Bridge Road,
Decatur |
| July
23-24 |
Grundy |
Grundy
County Office of Solid Waste Management |
Coal
City High School
655 W. Division St., Coal City |
| July 24 |
Piatt |
DeWitt-Piatt Bi-County Health Department |
TBA |
| July 31 |
Cumberland |
Cumberland County Health Department |
TBA |
| Aug.
12-13 |
Wayne |
Wayne
County Health Department |
TBA |
| Aug.
13-14 |
Kendall |
Kendall
County Health and Human Services |
TBA |
| Aug.
20-21 |
Marshall |
Marshall Putnam County Soil and Water Conservation Dist. |
TBA |
| Aug.
27-28 |
Montgomery |
Montgomery County Coordinated Services |
Montgomery County Fairgrounds
Route 127, Butler (tentative) |
| Aug.
27-28 |
Ogle |
Ogle
County Solid Waste Management Department |
TBA |
| TBA |
Boone
|
TBA |
TBA |
| TBA |
Clinton |
Meridian Township |
TBA |
| TBA |
Hancock |
Hancock
County Soil and Water Conservation Dist. |
TBA |
| TBA |
Iroquois |
Ford-Iroquois University of Illinois Extension |
TBA |
| TBA |
Jackson |
Jackson
County Health Department |
TBA |
| TBA |
Jersey |
City of
Jerseyville |
TBA |
| TBA |
Jo
Daviess |
Jo
Daviess County Health Department |
TBA |
| TBA |
Livingston |
Livingston County Public Health Department |
TBA |
| TBA |
Logan |
Logan
County Health Department |
TBA |
| TBA |
McLean |
McLean
County Ecology Action Center |
TBA |
| TBA |
Pike/Scott |
City of
Griggsville/Scott County Health Department |
TBA |
| TBA |
Union |
City of
Anna |
TBA |
| TBA |
Whiteside |
Whiteside County Highway and Public Works Department |
TBA |
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