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