TREADS SEPTEMBER 2016 SASKATCHEWAN SCRAP TIRE CORPORATION ISSUE 17

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1 TREADS SEPTEMBER 2016 SASKATCHEWAN SCRAP TIRE CORPORATION ISSUE 17

2 2 SASKATCHEWAN SCRAP TIRE CORPORATION What exactly is the Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation? The Saskatchewan Scrap Tire (SSTC) is a non-profit, non-government organization that is responsible for delivering a province-wide tire recycling program. Saskatchewan generates approximately one million tires a year, and the SSTC ensures that these tires are collected, processed, and recycled into useful, marketable items. What if there was no recycling program in Saskatchewan? Prior to the SSTC program, almost all of these tires ended up in local landfills as domestic waste. Tires were stockpiled, buried, or even burned. Tire dumping was a common disposal option and many tires were found along roadside ditches. Since its inception in 1996, the SSTC has diverted more than 27,000,000 tires from improper disposal. That is a lot of tires! How are we able to do what we do? Not only has the SSTC diverted more than 27,000,000 tires, we have removed tires from more than 300 landfills, removed tire stockpiles from private property and farm land in 227 municipalities through the Black Gold Rush program, and gave back to over 97 communities through our Community Demonstration Grant program. Consumers make all this possible by paying a small Tire Recycling Fee (TRF) when they buy new tires. All funds collected are used to keep current generation scrap tires out the waste stream, and allow us all to live in a clean and healthy environment.

3 3 THE SSTC IS ENHANCING COMMUNICATIONS RETAILER E-NEWS To serve you and the environment better, we have decided to expand the way we communicate with you! As a registered Retailer with the SSTC, we want to have the ability to message important information to you in a timely fashion. We have developed a Retailer E-News that will allow us to send out important information and updates that specifically relate to you. We plan to send out the Retailer E-News only when we have important updates that you should be aware of. The SSTC understands that your time is valuable, and that is why we do not want to bombard your with unnecessary information. Based on the information that you provided to us previously, an E-News mailing list has been created. If you have changed your , got a new , or would like to check the that we have on file, please contact Katelyn Murtha by phone at , or by at katelyn.murtha@scraptire.sk.ca. We look forward to communicating with you in a more efficient and environmentally conscious manner. Please note: Should you choose to unsubscribe from our E-News mailing list, you will miss out on important information and updates that directly affect you. If you unsubscribe from the list, you are still responsible for knowing this information. Therefore, we ask that you do not unsubscribe from our E-News. SSTC MANAGED SCRAP TIRE FLOW Scrap tires are among the largest and most problematic sources of waste because of the durability of each tire, the volume, and the large sizes of scrap tires. Further, scrap tire stockpiles can create a number of major hazards, the most hazardous being a fire. Scrap tire fires can occur easily, burn for extended periods of time, and create an aftermath of substantial pollution. A fire occurred at a Saskatchewan processor this past April at Shercom Industries Inc., which is located in Saskatoon. Shercom lost two of its major buildings, along with a considerable volume of inventory. As a result of the fire, the Shercom processing plant was closed for a period of time. A lot of tire retailers did not even notice how the SSTC continued to seamlessly move scrap tires that were generated in the province, into the recycle stream, despite the devastating fire at Shercom. The SSTC increased the utilization of a marshalling yard in Regina to ensure that scrap tires flowed smoothly from the tire retailers to various processing facilities, where scrap tires are recycled for genuine and beneficial purposes. The marshalling yard was put in place in 2014 to prevent stockpiling of scrap tires. The marshalling yard was established at Crown Shred & Recycling Inc. in Regina, located at 225-6th Avenue East. General Manager, Jack Shaw, together with Darlene Deleta, assist the SSTC to divert scrap tires to various processing facilities. Continued >

4 4 Theresa McQuoid, Executive Director of the SSTC, worked the valuable relationships with neighbouring provincial scrap tire management programs, that assisted with the scrap tire flow. This helped to prevent unnecessary scrap tire stockpiles at hundreds of tire retailer locations throughout the province of Saskatchewan. The SSTC s obligation to tire retailers in the province is to ensure that scrap tires are collected and delivered into the recycle stream in a timely manner and the SSTC fulfilled that obligation during a difficult time. The SSTC s program is here for the Retailers, to serve a consistent disposal option. While the fire at the processor site was not good, it did not impact collection service to the Retailers. If tire retailers have any issues or concerns regarding the scrap tire program and/or tire collections, please be sure to call the SSTC office. COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATION GRANT The Community Demonstration Grant program was designed to encourage Saskatchewan residents to think green when planning their community projects. The SSTC grant program awards eligible communities and organizations up to a matched $5,000 towards the purchase and installation of manufactured recycled rubber products. The grant is available to municipalities, registered nonprofit groups or organizations, schools, First Nations, and Metis communities, who have incorporated an ever-growing number of recycled tire products into their community-based projects such as playgrounds, sports arenas, and walking paths. A total of twenty applications were received for this year s grant program, and of the twenty, nine grant applications were approved. The 2016 grant recipients are as follows: Rotary Club of Melfort The Family Place in Weyburn Town of Moosomin City of Prince Albert Town of Lashburn Town of Eastend Village of Vanguard Hague Parks & Recreation Town of Lafleche To date, a total of four (4) projects have been completed, the Family Place, the Town of Lafleche, the Village of Vanguard, and the Town of Eastend. There are still five (5) projects that need to be completed before December 31, There was significant interest in the program this year, and as always, that is great to see. More communities want to play their part in being green, and most of them mentioned how they want to promote this type of re-use within their communities. Lashburn Prince Albert Melfort Hague COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATION GRANT For more information on the Community Demonstration Grant visit scraptire.sk.ca. Eastend Vanguard Lafleche Moosomin Weyburn

5 5 BLACK GOLD RUSH UPDATE SSTC_BGR_FoamCore_Map_FINAL.pdf Phase III of the SSTC s mandate is the disposal and recycling of private scrap tire stockpiles from rural and urban private property. This phase is conducted at no cost to the public, and is branded as the Black Gold Rush program. Eighteen rural municipalities (RMs) were invited to participate in the 2016 Black Gold Rush program, an area anchored by Wolseley to Rocanville in the North and Stoughton to Redvers in the South. RMs have the opportunity to recruit a service group, which then assist with the campaign and are provided with a fundraising opportunity. Pictured are members of the Kennedy 4-H Beef Club organizing the scrap tires that were collected during their successful scrap tire round-up. While collections are complete at all the RM collection sites, the paperwork still needs to be finalized. The 2016 projections of the program anticipated the collection of 2.3 million pounds, with an average site collection of 2,941 scrap tires. Preliminary numbers show the average number of tires per site has been 2,888, and the volume weight collected and calculated to date is 1.8 million pounds the final numbers are expected to come in very close to projections. There are 296 RMs in the province. Upon completion of the 2016 BGR program, it will bring the total number of RMs that have received the one-time free scrap tire round-up campaign to 227, which means that 69 RMs will be targeted to receive the program in the next few years. C M Y CM MY CY CMY K :08 PM

6 6 SSTC ENCOURAGES RETAILERS TO USE RECYCLED MATERIAL IN THEIR SHOPS Have you ever considered the next life of the scrap tires that pass through your retail location? There are countless uses! For instance, scrap tires can make driveways, curb stops, matting, landscaping mulch, playgrounds, and much more! If you think about your particular retail location, are there any places that you could use recycled scrap tires? What a better way to pass on the message of recycling your tires to consumers? Using recycled scrap tire products also promotes recycling, what the SSTC and its Retailers are all about, and it is a great way to showcase some of the many uses plus it is extremely comfortable, long lasting, and durable! If you are interested in obtaining recycled scrap tire products, please contact Shercom Industries at (306) RETURN TO RETAILER (R2R) The Return to Retailer (R2R) program is operational in 25 communities at 39 locations. The R2R program allows Saskatchewan residents to drop off a maximum of ten (10) rimless scrap tires, free of charge, during regular business hours, at the select tire retailers even if the tires were not originally purchased at that location. This program is typically rolled out on the heels of the Black Gold Rush program, so if you are a tire retailer, located in the 2016 Black Gold Rush zone (southeast), and wish to participate as an R2R retailer, we would like to hear from you.

7 7 CANADIAN AUTO RECYCLERS MAGAZINE CELEBRATING 10 YEARS In addition, in 2013, Canada saw auto recyclers go outside their usual scope of practice, and start to tackle the stockpiles of end-of-life vehicles in Canada s far North. The program has not only helped to clean up a number of communities, it s had positive economic impacts on those regions as well. To specifically tie the Auto Recyclers to Saskatchewan, as the SSTC partners with SARA to manage the scrap tire recycling of end of life vehicles, we should first understand how this came to be, and then we can look at the program updates of the Saskatchewan Auto Recyclers Association (SARA). The Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation (SSTC) partnered with Saskatchewan Auto Recyclers Association (SARA) in 2010, to address scrap tire material that is accumulated and/or stockpiled at auto recycler locations throughout the province. This agreement came into effect as SARA Members, for the most part, are dealing with vehicles that are 10 years old; therefore, they feel that the TRF has already been paid on the tires. The Canadian Auto Recyclers Magazine is celebrating the first decade of its publication. To share this milestone, they issued a Looking Back article, which highlights some of the most memorable moments from the last ten years. For instance, one memorable moment took place in The article reads: In 2012, we discovered that Canada s automotive recycling industry is the envy of the world. Even technologically advanced nations had started to look to Canada for how to handle end-of-life vehicles. Just as important, they had begun to look to our homegrown recyclers as a model for how to change the image of their industry in their home countries. Currently, SARA is now wrapping up its fourth year, and they have reached some significant changes. SARA is still putting the focus on growth. This was a topic of discussion during the most recent annual meeting along with the challenges the association faces working alongside non-members in the province who don t have to comply with the same recycling standards. In May 2015, a joint conference was held with Alberta Automotive Recyclers and Dismantlers Association (AARDA), which was by all accounts quite successful. SARA intends to continue forging relationships with other recycling associations to provide a strength in numbers approach.

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