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When rubber hits the recycler, GREAT things happen!

Visit the Tire Stewardship BC team Sept. 14 at KelownaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Okanagan College campus
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Tires recycled through Tire Stewardship BC are turned into valuable products, which can transform local parks, like KelownaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Mission Creek Regional Park.

Wondering what to do with those old tires? Why not help build a playground?!

With proper disposal through the , used tires can be transformed into valuable products, which can be put to great use in your community.

Most tires are recycled into crumb rubber Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ granules of rubber with the steel and fibre removed Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ which is then used to create a variety of products, including running tracks, playground surfacing and colourful, resilient flooring in recreational facilities. YouÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ll also find your former all-seasons given a new life as flooring and mats for agricultural and industrial use, and as coloured landscaping mulch.

How successful is the program here in BC?

Since 1991 more than 90,000,000 tires have been recycled Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ and upcycled Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ in BC!

And many of those tires have been reimagined into feature elements of 300+ community spaces throughout the province Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ projects created using recycled rubber supported by a TSBC grant.

While consumers typically return old tires to the retailer when purchasing new ones, if you have tires at home, you can recycle them year-round through the !

To learn more Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ and recycle your tires Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥“ visit the TSBC team at the coming West Nile Virus event in Kelowna, Saturday Sept. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Okanagan College, Parking Lot #17, 1000 KLO Rd.

Tires are recycled right here at home

All scrap tires collected are processed right here in BC, with much of the crumb produced by the recycler used by an Abbotsford recycled rubber mat manufacturer.

They do bike tires, too!

efforts arenÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™t limited to vehicle tires. In 2018, the organization also recycled more than 91,000 bike tires and tubes, a free program possible thanks to the voluntary efforts of consumers, bike retailers and tire retailers.

Other partnerships connect TSBC with other BC stewardship programs, including those working with Indigenous communities, and other tire recycling programs across Canada, with the goal of sharing information and expertise.

Learn more at

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The United Soccer Facility benefitted from tires recycled through Tire Stewardship BC.
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To learn more about recycling your tires, visit the TSBC team at the KelownaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Okanagan College Sept. 14.


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