Used Tires Piling Up

Used tires are piling up at auto garages and tire shops across Ontario since changes were made to the province's collection and recycling program.The devastating Hagrsville fire in 1990, caused by arson, prompted the creation of Ontario's regulated tire recycling and diversion programs. In 2008, the Ontario Tire Stewardship program, or OTS, created a centralized used tire program, funded by eco-fees paid by tire producers. More than 70 million used tires were collected under the OTS program from its inception till its closure.In January of 2019, the OTS program ended, shifting to an…