SEATTLE (Recycling Monster): The Ag Tire Roundup event held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds on June 28 collected around 1,600 scrap tires for recycling from as many as 57 farms.

The collected tires from the event were taken to Willig Tire facility for further processing. The company will recycle and reuse all the collected tires. The dual shredding process will separate rubber from steel. The rubber will be used as fuel for power plants and for other purposes. The steel will be reused to make beams.

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The Tire Roundup event was hosted at an investment of around $40,000. The event was held in collaboration with Wayne County Farm Bureau, Wayne County Health Department, Wayne Soil and Water Conservation District and Ohio State University-Wayne County Extension. It was funded by grants from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Recycle Ohio program, Wayne County Health Department and the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Recycling District.

As per estimates by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. discards more than 242 vehicle tires every year. Almost 78% of these tires are illegally dumped or stockpiled, ultimately ending up in landfills.