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Scrap Tire Management Programs in Canada . Tire Stewardship Meeting Sacramento, CA July 28, 2004. Scrap Tire Management Programs in Canada . 5 Successful Programs Managed by Third-Party, Not-for-Profit Multi-Stakeholder Boards: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
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Scrap Tire Management Programs in Canada Tire Stewardship Meeting Sacramento, CA July 28, 2004
Scrap Tire Management Programs in Canada • 5 Successful Programs Managed by Third-Party, Not-for-Profit Multi-Stakeholder Boards: • Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia • 2 Successful Programs Managed by Government: • British Columbia, Quebec • In both cases, the Agency behaves very much like the 3rd Party Multi-Stakeholder Boards • 3 Marginal Programs Managed by Government • Newfoundland & Labrador, PEI, Yukon • Difficulty is small markets for annual volumes < 1 MM • 1 Program in Development – Ontario
Common Elements • Retail-based fee supports the scrap tire collection and processing infrastructure • Fee is collected from Consumer by the Retailer • Retailer sends the dedicated Fee to the Tire Board • Tire Board subsidizes tire pickup, transportation and processing • Tire Board also funds stockpile abatement, limited R&D and consumer education
What’s Happening in Ontario? • 2002 – Waste Diversion Act introduced • The Act created Waste Diversion Ontario (WDO) • not-for-profit, arms-length entity to take responsibility for future designated waste products • WDO to create Industry Funding Organizations (IFOs) to develop diversion plan for designated materials • March 2003 – scrap tires designated material under Act • Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) is the IFO for tires • OTS Board consists of tire industry and retail representatives • Funding mechanism still undecided • Tire industry advocating for fee to be paid at retail