New Ontario PRO throws its hat in the ring

2017-11-18

With the launch of its new website, a recently formed organization has officially thrown its hat in the ring to become a Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) under the Ontario government’s new model to manage the province’s scrap tires.

OTS featured in Recycling Product News as tire program winds down

2017-11-17

In a recent interview with Recycling Product News, Andrew Horsman of Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) discussed the wind-down of the province’s current tire recycling program. In the Q&A, the organization’s Executive Director outlined what will happen to end-of-life tires in Canada’s most populous...

New Saskatchewan Operator seeks Executive Director

2017-09-18

Effective September 1, 2017, Tire Stewardship of Saskatchewan (TSS) took over operation of the province’s tire recycling program from Saskatchewan Scrap Tire Stewardship (SSTC).TSS is currently seeking an Executive Director for the new organization. Interested parties can che...

7th Scrap to Profit Tire Recycling Conference Announced

2017-05-19

Driving New Scrap Tire Markets though Innovation is the focus of the 7th Scrap to Profit Conference to be held October 25-26, 2017 at The Inn at Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.The event is hosted by the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), the Scrap Tire Research and Educati...

Ontario: 100 Million Tires recycled and counting!

2017-05-19

Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) is excited to announce that after only eight years of operation, its Used Tires Program has achieved the recycling of 100 million tires. If stacked, those tires would be about 36,000 times the height of Toronto’s famous CN Tower!But Ontario’s su...

CATRA issues first Annual Report (2016)

2017-04-21

CATRA is pleased to announce the publishing of its inaugural Annual Report.The report provides highlights of CATRA’s work and accomplishments in 2016, in addition to plans for 2017 and beyond to ensure a sustainable, positive value for end-of-life tires in Canada.Introduced by both...

Safe Winter Driving: “Be Winter Smart”

2017-01-30

The new "Be Winter Smart" campaign by the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC) is well underway to promote safe winter driving.As part of TRAC’s Be Tire Smart initiative, the new campaign has many tools and expert tips to help keep everyone safe on the winter roads.&nb...

New Brunswick – 20 Years and 20 Million Tires

2017-01-19

In November 2016, New Brunswick marked the 20th year of its tire recycling program at a celebratory event held in Fredericton.The event was attended by key recycling program partners who were instrumental in achieving the diversion of approximately 20 million tires from the province’s...

Dutch Health Institute declares Synthetic Turf Safe

2017-01-18

A recent study by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has concluded that athletic events in the Netherlands played on synthetic turf with rubber granules do not significantly increase exposure to carcinogenic substances. “This is because the...

Ontario announces Community Renewal Fund Grants

2017-01-17

Ontario Tire Stewardship (OTS) offers community grant programs to encourage the use of provincially-created recycled tire rubber products within their province.The final 2016 round of applications to Ontario’s Community Renewal Fund (CRF) closed on November 30, 2016 and OTS is now...