Here's some better ideas:
Free tire collection call 577-5494
"Wasted Babies," a project of Mothers
Organized to Stop Environmental Sins (M.O.S.E.S.),a
nonprofit grassroots organization.
The Rain
Trap System uses 1.2 million tires during the construction of an average
golf course. U.S. and
foreign developers build over 350 new courses a year.
Baling
tires is another way to recycle with less risk of fire.
more links on recylcing tires
here
Scrap Tire News Journal
: Dedicated to scrap tire and rubber
Recycling.
No ash, no slag. In Germany and
Japan, about 20%
of the fuel for cement
plants is whole
tires.
The kiln in Redding - at the Calaveras
Cement Company
- consumes more than 200 tires
an hour !
How can my community reduce waste ?
Click
here
4-25-00:
The largest market for
recycled tires
comes
from "tire-derived fuel," used in power plants,
Some other links and comments:
Rubber tires used to patch roads
catch fireMarch
25, 1996
Waste Board .... thats what it's
called... See the *Spin* on
this AIR
disaster tire fire near Tracy 1998
Tire Fires reports, thats what we
get from Todd
Thalhamer at (916)255-1194. Dept. of Tire Fire Remediation Program
For more information on the tire
enforcement program please
contact :
Keith Cambridge at (916) 255-3847,
Steve Dolan at (714) 449-4785,
or Cody Begley at (916) 255-4063.
Invite them to this webpage!
Cal/*EPA* Multi-Agency Task Force
Meets for
Continued Miss-Management
Of
Royster Tire Fire 8-17-98 [EPA SPIN]
Livermore's Labs Atmospheric
Release Advisory Capability Software modeled smoke dispersion to derive
air concentrations of
particulates from the large tire fires in Tracy, California.
{{Hay no problem , the nuke fall-out
work is really slow now days....}}
BOVONI DUMP: ST. THOMAS, U.S.
VIRGINISLANDS
The Bovoni Landfill has been burning underground for an undetermined
period.
Various individuals have reported that the underground fire has
been burning only a few months, 7 to 10 years, and 15 years or longer.
The underground fire also breaks through the surface
occasionally and covers the island withblack
smoke.
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment.
It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
-Former U.S. Vice- President Dan Quayle.
Mountains of tires: they won’t go away by themselves By MYRTLE OSNER
From :
STANISLAUS CONNECTIONS
: Working For Peace, Justice, and A Sustainable Environment
8-21-99
Ohio tire fire expected to last a few more days Ohio's
largest tire dump.
More than 6-milliion
tires at the recycling plant have gone up in
flames
Rubber tires used to patch roads
catch fireMarch
25, 1996 The Detroit News
Gary
Condit takes Note ...BACK IN 1990
Read more about congresman Gary Condit's record
and FREE SPEECH from
news radio expert John Anderson
Check out gary on this page!
The Radio Hall of Shame:
Gary Condit
Dept. of Health
Advisoryfor residents affected by Leeward tire fire
TFT sells all sorts of fire fighting stuff and has a nice
fire fighter website
..
for all firefighting personnel, rescue squads, medical services, and industrial fire brigades.
Some basic techniques of investigative reporting that
you—or any other citizen can use to obtain
information about the toxic-waste dump in your neighborhood;
the city-council zoning decision that seems to benefit one of the council members personally;
the reason your utility rates have been going up;
why some property-tax assessments increase yearly but others don't; etc.
Information truly is power,
and we will show you precisely how to get the facts.
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