District 2 Waste Tire
Accountability Program
What are waste tires?
Waste tires in Arkansas are old tires
that have outlived their usefulness.
Waste tires should never be dumped.
It’s against the law!
These old tires cause public health hazards,
breeding insects and rodents, catching fire,
and contaminating air, land, and water.
Waste tires can be recycled:
TiresBeGone.com
answers questions you may have
about how best to have them collected,
transported, and recycled.
TIRES BE GONE
The District 2 Waste Tire Accountability Program is one of four waste tire districts in Arkansas. District 2’s service area consists of 27 counties: Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Fulton, Greene, Hot Spring, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, White, and Woodruff.
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WASTE TIRE COLLECTIONS
Where are waste tires dropped off?
District 2 maintains 27 designated, public waste tire collection centers (collection centers), one per county, throughout the service area. The purpose of collection centers is to facilitate the flow of waste tires from tire generators (see below) and the general public. Davis Rubber Co., an Arkansas company in business for over 100 years, holds the contract with the district for scheduling, transporting, and recycling waste tires from collection centers to a Davis waste tire recycling location.
Clay County
Jim’s Tire
500 West Elm Street
Corning, AR 72422
Collection centers accept tires from tire generators who have a valid Waste Tire Number (WST#) from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DF&A), conduct business in the service area, and have earned eligible waste tire disposal credits by remitting rim removal fees to DF&A. (See, below, Tire Generators, How do I qualify for the program?)
Collection centers also accept, at no charge, up to four (4) small or large waste tires per month from individuals living in the service area. Waste tires from the public must be off the rim. Agricultural businesses are considered individuals for purposes of this regulation. Documentation including name, address, and number of tires will be required by collection centers when disposing of tires.
Individuals disposing of more than four (4) tires per month will be required to pay $3.00 per tire to cover the cost of recycling. Tires on the rim will be $7.50 each for small $35 for large and are not considered part of the four (4) free tires per month.
What About Community Clean-ups?
District 2 collection centers may accept more than four (4) used tires of any size per month without an additional fee if the waste tires are collected as part of a community clean-up. Community clean-ups must be sponsored by a governmental entity, nonprofit entity, or community-recognized volunteer group. Clean-up tires must be transported to the nearest tire collection center and documented as a “clean-up” with the number of tires collected on the waste tire collection form.
TIRE GENERATORS
How do I qualify for the program?
Tire generators are required by law to register their business with DF&A. Registration will include a procedure for registering with the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to obtain an identifying WST#. Tire generators include:
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Tire retailers
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Tire transporters
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Tire wholesalers
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Tire manufacturers
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New car dealers
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Used car dealers
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Auto repair shops
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Salvage yards
RIM REMOVAL FEES
Who collects the fee? Who pays the fee? How is it paid?
When a tire generator registers with DF&A and receives a WST# from DEQ, they will qualify as a collector of a rim removal fee.
Beginning on January 1, 2018, rim removal fees were imposed on tire generators when removing a tire from a rim related to the sale of a replacement tire.
Rim removal fees are charged by the retailer to the person who purchases a replacement tire for the rim. The fee is also charged for the removal of a tire from a rim and replaced with a tire that was not purchased from the tire retailer, if the person purchasing the replacement tire cannot show proof of previous payment of the rim removal fee.
How much is the fee?
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$3.00 for each new tire that replaces a tire removed from a rim.
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$1.00 for each used tire that replaces a tire removed from the rim.
COMMERCIAL GENERATORS
What is a commercial generator?
A commercial generator does not include a tire retailer. Commercial generators are defined as those who sell new tires or provide delivery of new tires as part of fleet
services to the following:
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Municipality or County
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State or Federal Agency
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School District
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Bulk Tire Buyer for Use of Commercial Vehicles
The commercial generator fee shall be charged by the commercial generator to a person (end user) who removes waste tires from the rim and replaces them with a new tire. The commercial generator fee shall be imposed at the rate of $3.00 for each new tire that is sold or delivered to an end user.
ONE FEE ONLY
Only one fee – either the rim removal fee or the commercial generator fee – shall be charged for the transaction of removing a waste tire from a rim that is related to the sale of a replacement tire. If a person establishes and proves that a rim removal fee or a commercial generator fee has been paid, the tire retailer or tire generator shall not charge an additional fee for the replacement tire.
FEE PROCEDURE
How are fees collected? How are they remitted to the state?
Fees shall be collected from the purchaser by the tire retailer and remitted to DF&A. (Remember: A WST# must be obtained by registering with DF&A and receiving a WST# from DEQ.)
However, to cover administrative costs, the tire retailer may retain five percent (5%) of the total rim removal fees imposed. Each tire retailer shall file a return with the DF&A on or before the twentieth of each month. The return shall show the total rim removal fees collected for each new tire and used tire removed from the rim during the preceding calendar month.
MANIFESTS REQUIRED
Manifests are required by law to accompany all waste tires removed from rims. The purpose of the manifest to track all waste tires, used tires, and tires culled for resale, prior to collection, transportation, processing, recycling, and disposal.
Tire generators are required to complete a paper manifest that records the name and location of the tire generator, the WST#, contact information, and the number of tires in each category (Small, Large, and Extra-Large) being delivered. The form must accompany all waste tires being delivered to collection centers or otherwise collected by Davis Rubber Co. No waste tires shall be accepted without an accompanying manifest. The number of tires being disposed should coincide with the number of rim removal fees submitted to DF&A to receive proper credit.
Who is responsible for transportation and loading of waste tires?
Transportation and loading of waste tire into trailers provided at the collection are the responsibility of the tire generator. Other transportation arrangements, if any, must be made directly with Davis Rubber Co.
EXTRA-LARGE TIRES
What is an extra-large tire?
An extra-large tire is a waste tire that, due to its size and construction, is more difficult to collect, transport, and process than a small passenger tire or a large truck tire. The cost for transporting and processing extra-large tires is also significantly higher than small or large tires.
Extra-large tires include tires such as a skid steer loader, excavation and mining equipment tire, heavy equipment tire such as a road grader, timber and farm implement, backhoe, and a heavy-duty truck. An extra-large tire has a rating of “G” or higher.
Due to size and cost, District 2 may charge an additional fee over and above the $3.00 rim removal fee to handle extra-large tires. Agricultural tires are exempt from additional fees if prior arrangements have been made with District 2 or Davis Rubber Co. No more than four (4) extra-large tires per month may be collected or delivered by a person to the waste tire program.
CONTACT US
For More Information...
District 2 Waste Tire Accountability Program
Davis Rubber Co.
1888 E. 14 th St.
Little Rock, AR 72202
501-374-1473
Waste Tire Coordinator
300 Spring Bldg., Suite 200
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-340-8787
District 2 Waste Tire
Accountability Program
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