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  • When you buy new tires, the tire shop will collect an Eco Fee
    ECO FEE$
    and keep your old tires...
    You drive away happy with shiny new tires but...
    What happens to the tires?
    What happens to the money?
  • What happens to the
    Tires
    Money
    What happens to the
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    intro
  • Collects the Eco fees and distributes them right here in British Columbia to...
    BC
    Haulers and
    Processors
    BC
    Manufacturers
    Innovation Grants
    Community
    Grant
    Recipients
    Information
    and
    Outreach
  • Processors
    Haulers
    Collect tires from various sources and deliver them to processors.
    Approximately 85% to 90% of the funds TSBC oversees is paid to haulers and processors.
    deconstruct tires into their basic components ready for remanufacture
  • receive innovation grant money which allows them to discover new and novel uses for recycled tires, right here in BC.
    ...this helps get new products to market quicker.
    BC Manufacturers
  • Community Grants
    TSBC Provides Grants for many projects incorporating recycled rubber.
    click here
    If you're interested in receiving funding please
  • Presentations like this that inform the public of the program increase public buy-in and awareness.
    Consumer Education and Awareness
    We want everyone to know how to access the Community Grant Program.
  • oversees the collection of used tires from many sources. In BC, unlike many of the provinces, not only are all of the tires collected and recycled but all the recycling takes place
    right here in BC.
    BC
    Haulers
    BC
    Processors
    Manufacturers
    Products
  • Haulers
    collect tires from various sources and deliver them to processors.
    The estimated Collection Rate has been 100%. This means that virtually 100% of the scrap tires available were collected for recycling, energy recovery or reuse.
  • grind them into rubber chunks and raw materials ready for other manufacturing processes.
    receive the raw tires from haulers. They dismantle the tires and
    Processors
  • Manufacturers
    create many products like:
    traffic markers
    industrial rubber mats
    landscape mulch
    durable pavers
  • Products
    you see everyday and may never realize they came from BC recycled rubber.
    Truck bed liners
    Durable rubber mats for livestock.
    Resilient sport flooring
  • Recycled Rubber Surfacing
    One of the largest consumers of recycled rubber is the surfacing industry.
    Becoming more popular every day, rubber surfaces can be used indoors and out. They are durable, maintenance free and cost effective choices.