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Saskatchewan: Cleanup Planned For Abandoned Tires In Assiniboia

  • 2018-12-19

Saskatchewan:Cleanup Planned for Abandoned Tires in Assiniboia ...  Released on December 18, 2018:The Ministry of Environment and Saskatchewan’s scrap tire recycling program operator, Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan (TSS), are moving forward with a...

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TRAC: Winter Tires Keep Canadians Safer

  • 2018-12-17

TRAC: Winter Tires Keep Canadians Safer ... Source:  Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (November 2018) Eighty per cent of winter tire owners believe driving a vehicle equipped with winter tires has saved them from being involved in a potentially...

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Meet CATRA’s Chair – November 2018 to November 2020

  • 2018-11-13

Meet CATRA's Chair - November 2018 to November 2020 ... CATRA is pleased to announce that Brett Eckstein of Manitoba will serve as Chair for the next two years. Succeeding Jeff MacCallum of Nova Scotia, Brett is Executive Director of the CATRA Member Tir...

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Canada's Tire Recycling Fees by Province / by Tire Type

  • 2018-09-29

Canada's Tire Recycling Fees by Province, by Tire Type (October 2018)

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Nova Scotia extends program to Bicycle Tires

  • 2018-09-07

Nova Scotia extends program to Bicycle Tires ... Divert NS recently launched a Bicycle Tire Recycling Program to allow Nova Scotians to recycle old bicycle tires. With its announcement, Nova Scotia join...

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Saskatchewan issues RFP for zone-based tire collection services

  • 2018-08-31

Saskatchewan issues RFP for zone-based tire collection services ... Editor’s note:  CATRA is sharing the following News Release on behalf of Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan. News Release: Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan (TSS) is moving to a scrap t...

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USTMA releases 2017 scrap tire report

  • 2018-08-09

USTMA releases 2017scrap tire report ... The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), the trade association for tire manufacturers that produce tires in the U.S., is the American counterpart of the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada.  The USTMA ha...

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Government of Yukon finalizes amendments to tire Regulation

  • 2018-07-13

Government of Yukon finalizes amendments to tire Regulation ... The Government of Yukon has announced amendments to its Designated Materials Regulation after an extensive stakeholder consultation process that began in early 2016.  The amendments tak...

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Manitoba program continues to develop TDA solutions

  • 2018-07-06

Manitoba program continues to develop TDA solutions ... Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA) has been used in civil engineering projects, mainly as a construction material, for almost thirty years.  Given its unique properties such as durability, flexibility an...

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BC-based North West Rubber celebrates 50 years of innovation

  • 2018-07-05

BC-based North West Rubber celebrates 50 years of innovation ... At first glance, tire recycling in Canada may appear to be merely a budding industry.  But delve a little deeper and you’ll discover an industry long in the making.  Today, pionee...

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