Columbia Valley Pioneer staff
Got an old tire you want to get rid of? If so, this Saturday is the day to do it in Invermere.
Tire Stewardship BC (TSBC) is hosting a tire collection event on August 24. Old or unused tires, on or off rim, will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Mister Tire at 120 Industrial 2 Road.
Every tire collected will be transported to the processing plant in Delta where they will be broken down; every component – rubber, fibre and steel – will be utilized and circle back into the economy.
Metals are melted into construction materials, and fibres are used as fuel. Some of the recycled rubber finds a new life as running tracks, arena flooring, or playground surfacing as a part of TSBC’s annual Community Grant Program.
Last year, TSBC collected nearly 6,000 old and unused tires from tire collection events.
