Article: Ontario OKs plan to manage scrap tires.(News)

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Waste & Recycling News
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September 14, 2009
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Byline: Miles Moore

Ontario's environment minister has signed off on a plan designed to provide effective, environmentally responsible management of the 12 million scrap tires generated in the province each year.

John Gerretsen announced approval of the Ontario Used Tire Program Plan in April at the annual general meeting of Waste Diversion Ontario, the provincial nonprofit corporation responsible for developing and administering waste recycling programs. The new program went into effect Sept. 1.

The used tire plan was proposed in a December 2008 draft and confirmed in a final version issued two months later. In general, industry stakeholders ...

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