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California-Baja California Regional Workshop on Solid Waste and

Waste Tire Management

Models and Financing for Waste TiresCalRecycle

November 13, 2017

Different Approaches and Models

•Free Market Approach•Tax or Fee-Based System•Extended Producer Responsibility•Hybrids

Free Market Approach

•Consumer $ > Retailer $ > Hauler $ > Processor•Legislation Sets Targets•Market Determines Methods

Free Market Approach - Germany

• Sorted for Reuse or Final Disposition• Main Disposal Routes:

Export and Combustion• Voluntary Return System• Consumer $ > Retailer $ > Hauler $ >

Processor• All Transfers Documented, Verified

Tax/fee-based system

•Government Programs Responsible for Recovery, End-of-Life Management

•Financed by Tax or Fee on Tire Production/Imports

•Tax or Fee Passed on to Consumer

Tax/fee-based system - Denmark

• Producer/Importer Pays Fee to EPA Based on Size and Type of Tire

• Government Takeback Agreements• Subsidies for Retread or Reprocessing• Combustion Tax

Option Only for Non-Passenger Vehicle Tires

Extended Producer Responsibility

• Industry Responsible for Waste Tire Collection and Recovery

•Not-for-Profit Organization Financed (Often Managed) by Industry

•Fees Collected on Sale of New Tires

Extended Producer Responsibility – Ontario Canada

• Industry-Funded Organization Implements and Operates Tire Program

• Producers Pay Based on Tires Sold• Consumers > Collectors > Haulers >

Processors/End Users (No Charge)Operators Eligible for Incentive Payments

R&D Grants, Education and Outreach

California’s Tire Management System

The Basics• Illegal tire pile fires in 1998 and 1999

• Over 7 million tires in each pile

• 2000 -- Senate Bill 876, Tire Recycling Act• Financing

• Tire fee - $1.75 for every new tire sold in State• CalRecycle gets $1.00 • Tire Recycling Fund – about $40 million per year

• “5-Year Plan” on how CalRecycle will spend $$• Revised every 2 years

Uses of Tire $$

• Permitting, inspection, enforcement• Hauler registration and manifest system• Cleanup• Research• Market Development• Administration

Uses of Tire $$ -Permitting, Inspection, Enforcement

• Permits for tire storage and processing• Inspection of generators, haulers, facilities• California Highway Patrol contract• Local Government Waste Tire Enforcement grants• Tire enforcement technical training

Uses of Tire $$ -Hauler Registration and Manifest System

• Tracks tire enforcement and related activities • Generators, haulers, end-use facilities, inspection records, enforcement actions

• 1,356 registered haulers in state• If someone transports 10 or more waste tires, must

register and provide manifests documenting transport• Electronic preferred

Uses of Tire $$ -Cleanup

• Clean up and remediate illegal tire piles• From 2000-2014, removed 550,000 tons of illegal waste tires and contaminated debris from

34 sites, at cost of more than $36 million• Recent projects are much smaller• CalRecycle-managed contracts - $300,000/year

• Local Conservation Corps grants - $5 million/year• For labor in cleanup events, education and outreach• Partnership with local jurisdictions and haulers

• Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty/Cleanup grants - $1.6 million/year• Grants to cities and counties to pay for cost of cleaning up illegally dumped waste tires

• Farm and Ranch Cleanup Grants - $400,000/year

Uses of Tire $$ - Cleanup

Uses of Tire $$ - Cleanup

Uses of Tire $$ -Research

• Rubberized Asphalt Concrete – paving standards• Civil engineering uses for Tire-Derived Aggregate• Note these first two are the topics for Day 2• Specifications and curriculum development • Potential health effects of recycled tire rubber

• Current study on crumb rubber infill used in soccer fields• Feedstock conversion assistance and material testing - manufacturers

Civil Engineering Uses forTire-Derived Aggregate

• Road slide repair• Retaining walls• Landfill gas collection systems • Septic system leachate fields

Uses of Tire $$ -Market Development

• Yearly market status assessment• Grants for rubberized asphalt paving, TDA, tire-derived products• Contracts to provide technical assistance• Legislation introduced to change grants to incentive program

Rubberized Asphalt Concrete (RAC)

Technical Assistance through RAC Expert Contract

• Design of RAC projects

• Construction Management Oversight

• Technical Training to Grantees, Contractors & Engineers

Before After (6 years)

Saving to County $590,000

TDA Landslide Repair

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

270,000 Tires

Technical Assistance • Design of TDA projects• Construction Management Oversight• Technical Training to Contractors and Engineers

Tire-Derived Product Catalog

Tire-Derived Product Grant Program

Project site is 27,000 square feet, features tire-derived products such as rubber mulch and rubber sidewalks

Calaveras County received $50,000 in grant funds and used8,350 waste tires

Tire Outreach Program

• Assistance• Feedstock Sources• Product Testing• Government Sales Assistance• Website and Marketing Materials

• Results• Increased efficiency• Expanded business opportunities

Uses of Tire $$ -Staffing and Administration

• Direct program staffing – almost $8 million per year• Indirect administration and support for other departments – almost

$5 million per year

Questions?

Contact Information

• Ken DaRosa@CalRecycle.ca.gov• Howard.Levenson@calrecycle.ca.gov• WWW.CalRecycle.ca.gov/tires