Darke
County Solid Waste…
Tire
Recycling Day Near
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 20, 2012
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 29,
2012 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
12, 2012. On
September 3, 2012, 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
20,
2012. 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
28” 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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