Darke County Solid Waste
District...
Tire
Recycling Day Near - September 22, 2011
August 5, 2011
Tired of looking at those old
tires lying around? Not
only are they an
eye sore, they can be dangerous. The
Darke County Solid Waste District and the Darke County Environmental
Council
want to help you with your tire problem.
The district and council will be sponsoring a
used tire collection on
Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In addition to tires to being
an
eyesore, they are a nuisance to rural citizens who find them in their
ditches,
out in the fields and wooded areas.
Used
tires make the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes that can carry
diseases
such as West Nile Virus, Lascrosse Encephalitis, St. Louis
Encephalitis, Dengue
and Yellow Fever.
Some mosquitoes have
long-lived
eggs, which can remain unhatched for years in old tires that were one
wet and
have dried out. The
eggs can be
transported in tires that are trucked between counties, states and even
countries. When it
rains, these tires
collect water, wetting the inside of the tires where the eggs once were
deposited, hatching out mosquitoes by the thousands.
By disposing of used tires properly, we
reduce the chance of disease.
The Tire Recycling Day is open
to all Darke County residents, farmers, municipalities and townships. Unfortunately, no tires
will be accepted from
junk yards or junk dealers, garages, auto repair shops; tire,
automobile,
truck, farm-equipment dealerships; atv/motorcycle shops or commercial
trucking/hauling businesses.
Those interested in
participating
in this one-day event must pre-register.
Pre-Registration begins Wednesday, August 31,
2011 from 8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. at the Darke County Solid Waste District, 603 Wagner Ave;
Suite C,
Greenville (with OSU Extension and the Job Center).
Pre-registration ends on Wednesday, September
14, 2011. On
September 5, 2011, the
district will be closed due to the Labor Day holiday.
Participants are asked to
remove
rims from all tires before taking them to the Rumpke Transfer Station
at 5474
Jaysville-St John Rd, Greenville, on September 22, 2011. Those tires left on rims will
not be
accepted. Passenger
tires will be
accepted FREE of charge, however, there is a limit of 25 tires per
Darke County
Address. Tractor
tires pre-registered
will be charged a $15.00 fee per tire at the time of registration. Tractor tires larger than
34” wide will not
be accepted. Semi/Truck
tires
pre-registered will be charged a $5.00 per tire fee.
According to the Ohio Revised
Code, all tires must be secured and tarped before arriving at the
transfer
station unless they are in an enclosed vehicle, trailer, etc. Untarped loads can be
refused.
Assisting the Solid Waste
District and Environmental Council will be Community Service Workers,
the
Environmental Division of the Darke County Health Department, Darke
County
Engineer, Darke County Highway Garage, Rumpke employees and many
volunteers.
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