Tired of all those old tyres laying about? Hamiltonians can now drop off their old clean tyres (without their rims) to the Lincoln Street Resource Recovery Centre for free.
Hamilton City Council has opted in to the national initiative, which allows up to five tyres to be disposed of at registered businesses and organisations across the country for free. Tyrewise is a Ministry for the Environment-accredited scheme for tyre disposal.
Council’s Head of Resource Recovery, Nicole Bradbury hopes the new initiative will minimise the number of tyres Council sees illegally dumped around the city.
“In the last month alone, Council collected almost 250 illegally dumped tyres from around the city costing ratepayers around $5000 in clean-up costs,” said Bradbury.
“The cost of disposing tyres could’ve contributed to this dumping, and we want to help eliminate any barriers to recycling tyres for Hamiltonians.”
Previously, the cost to dispose tyres was $21.19 each at the Lincoln Street Resource Recovery Centre.
“It's great to get behind the work that Tyrewise are doing and join the tyre disposal programme. It helps to create more accessible and affordable ways of meeting our waste minimisation goals for Hamiltonians.
”Council’s involvement in this programme contributes to the city’s goal of increasing innovation and opportunity from resource recovery. The tyres will be collected and recycled into products that benefit Council, such as playground matting. There is no cost to Council for its part in the scheme.
As well as the Lincoln Street Resource Recovery Centre, you can see which businesses are registered here.