DSCI 490 Capstone Fall 2024

In British Columbia, Extended Producer Responsibility is a government strategy to place the responsibility for end-of-life product management on the producer and consumers and not the general taxpayer or local government. In March 2006, the BC Ministry of Environment added tires to the Recycling Regulation. Recycling is as important to our teams as it is to our customers. That’s why Kal Tire fosters various meaningful tire recycling initiatives in the regions where do business.Beyond collecting the required pre-disposal fee that covers the cost of tire recycling for provincial tire stewardship organizations, we also participate in provincial tire recycling programs and act as scrap tire drop-off points.Tire Stewardship BC is the agency in BC that formed to help producers (retailers) fulfil their obligations and focus on the collection and recycling of tires. To operate a scrap tire program in BC the producers must have a ministry-approved stewardship plan. The plan outlines how the program will run and how the obligations of the retailers will be met. The stewardship plan must be renewed every five years.

There are hundreds of Return to Retailer (R2R) locations to recycle your tires in BC. Most drivers return their old tires at a retailer when they purchase new ones. But if you have up to 4 tires (clean and off the rims*) sitting around, you can get started right away. TSBC recommends calling ahead to ensure the retailer still has space to accept your tires. And then you’re off to the recycling races and helping scrap tires become new and useful things.

Recycling is as important to our teams as it is to our customers. That’s why Kal Tire fosters various meaningful tire recycling initiatives in the regions where do business.Beyond collecting the required pre-disposal fee that covers the cost of tire recycling for provincial tire stewardship organizations, we also participate in provincial tire recycling programs and act as scrap tire drop-off points.