Environment Minister Nancy Heppnerspoke at the Saskatchewan Scrap TireCorporation’s Annual Public Meetingon March 31 in Regina.

Minister Heppner praised thecorporation for achieving the success ithas in its ten years of operation.

The Minister told the crowd of media,processors, collectors and boardmembers, “I want to thank SSTC for allof your good work.”

SSTC Chairman Don Schlosser in turnthanked the Minister for her kind wordsand for attending the meeting – the firstappearance by an Environment Ministerat the event in some time.

“We were pleased to see that the

Minister both attended the meeting andhad good things to say about ourprogram,” Schlosser said. “It was a niceway to close out the past year, one of thebest years ever for the corporation.”

The highlights for SSTC in 2007include:

• The collection and recycling of the 10 millionth tire

• Creation of a plan to clean up all municipal landfills by 2010

• The development of a “front end”payment system for processors

• Funding for 12 community improvement projects through the Community Demonstration Grant Program

• Supporting two major paving projects on Highway 1 and Highway 11

• Contributing towards the new turf on Taylor Field at Mosaic Stadium that uses 18,000 recycled Saskatchewan scrap tires.

The meeting also saw the presentation of the 2007 Annual Report.Printed copies of the report can beobtained from the SSTC office at (306) 721-8473, but an environmentallyfriendly PDF version can be

downloaded at www.scraptire.sk.ca.

Schlosser likewise acknowledged thevarious media outlets that showed up tocover the event. “It was great to see anumber of reporters in the crowd,” hesaid. “This helps us get the message outto the general public about the goodwork that’s been enabled by theirsupport of this program, and it’scertainly appreciated.” Coverage of theannual public meeting appeared intelevision, radio and print media.

Minister Heppner CongratulatesSSTC on a Great YearCORPORATION RECEIVES PRAISE ON ACHIEVING SUCCESS

Return undeliverable copies to:Saskatchewan Scrap Tire CorporationPO Box 1936 Regina SK S4P 3E1

T R E A D SISSUE 1 SPRING 2008

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In the end, one phone call could havesaved everyone a lot of time and money.

Instead, the Saskatchewan Scrap TireCorporation (SSTC) and SaskatchewanEnvironment’s investigation unit werecalled in to deal with more than 1000scrap tires recently dumped on Crownland near Prince Albert.

“This case is significant because it was a successful enforcement action by Conservation Officers acting on a report of dumping near Leoville,Saskatchewan,” says SSTC ExecutiveDirector Theresa McQuoid.

Colleen Reddekopp with the SaskatchewanEnvironment Investigations Unit picksup the story from the beginning.

“The complaint came in from thepublic that there were a large number oftires dumped on Crown land a fewmiles west of Leoville. Our investigationrevealed who they belonged to, and we ended up executing a search warranton his business and residence and wefound all the documentation that werequired. The individual was chargedand paid a voluntary payment of

$1000,” says Reddekopp.

As McQuoid explains, it is surprisinglyeasy to track down where illegallydumped tires came from.

“Oh, you’ll get caught. We can track thetires with some legwork. There are onlya number of wholesalers inSaskatchewan, so with a little thinkingyou can find out where the tireoriginated. Keep in mind in this casethere are only two tire dealers in theLeoville area,” explains McQuoid.

The twist in this case was howunnecessary the illegal action was.McQuoid says the individualresponsible for the illegal dumping wasalready a participant in the scrap tireprogram and as such had paid inadvance for the tires to be collected.

“If he had called us first, he would haverealized that he had recycling credits(environmental handling fees paid byconsumers on the purchase of new tires)and we could have come and cleaned upthose tires at no cost at all. At the endof the day, the retailer was fined for hisactions and the tires still had to be

cleaned up. It was lucky for him that hehad tire credits available or it wouldhave cost even more. Illegal dumping isunnecessary in any situation but in this case it was really unnecessary,”says McQuoid.

Reddekopp says dumping on crownland continues to be an issue.

“It’s actually more common than youthink - especially when you get closer tothe provincial forests. What will happenis that people will load up their truck togo to the dump but find out it’s closedor the tipping fee is more than theythought and they’ll wind up dumpingon Crown land. The bottom line thoughis that you can’t use Crown land foryour own personal dumpsite. You’ll getcaught,” says Reddekopp.

Saskatchewan generates over onemillion scrap tires every year. TheSaskatchewan Scrap Tire Corporation is a non-profit, non-governmentorganization that delivers the province-wide tire recycling program. Since 1996,more than 10 million used tires havebeen diverted from the Saskatchewanwaste stream and removed frommunicipal landfills. The used tires areprocessed into useful, marketable itemsincluding rubber paving blocks,playground surfaces and even the newturf at Mosaic Stadium.

For more information on the scrap tireprogram: www.scraptire.sk.ca.

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Minister Heppner speaking at the SSTC AGM

2007 Annual Report now available

Many of the municipal leaders attendingthe 2008 SUMA Convention wenthome with a new appreciation for tire recycling after attending aneducation session organized by the SSTC.

The session, “On a Roll in YourCommunity: Tire Recycling After 10Years”, featured presentations fromSSTC Executive Director TheresaMcQuoid and representatives of theprovince’s two major tire recyclers - Curt Taylor, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing with Shercom

Industries, and Marc Topola, theCanadian Sales Manager for PermaLife Products.

McQuoid gave delegates an update onSaskatchewan tire recycling program,what’s been accomplished over its firstdecade of operation and what’s plannedfor the coming years. She also providedan outline of the SSTC’s CommunityDemonstration Grant Program, whichoffers municipalities matching fundingfor community improvement projectsthat make use of recycled tire products.

Taylor and Topola each spoke on howtheir facilities near Saskatoon andAssiniboia operate, as well as theinnovative products being manufacturedthere for the North American market.

“I think a lot of mayors and councilmembers were surprised and impressedto learn about all the great things thatare made right here in Saskatchewanand available for them to use in theirown homes, businesses and municipaloperations,” McQuoid said.

“These are all products and applicationsbeing manufactured out of the old tiresthat come from their vehicles and their landfills. I think it really drovehome just all the good work thisrecycling program has done over theyears, and what sort of an industry we’vebuilt here.”

Tire Recycling on the Agenda at SUMA

It’s a sign of the times. The NewBrunswick Tire Stewardship Boardrecently announced an increase in theenvironmental fees collected on thesale of all new tires in the province.Effective March 1, the majority of passenger car and truck tires are now

carrying a recycling fee of $4.50 each, while the levy for RV, bus and commercial truck tires stands at $13.50 apiece.The decision represents a fee increaseof 50% on most tires, with a 50%decrease in one category to correct a

long-standing inconsistency in theprovince’s regulations.A tire recycling fee increase was implemented here in Saskatchewanjust over a year ago, for much thesame reasons cited by the NewBrunswick board.

“The cost of all business inputs, particularly fuel and utilities, continuesto rise steadily. The environmental handling fees collected on the sale ofeach tire represent a very small percentage of the total tire cost, yetthey fund our entire recycling

program,” said SSTC ExecutiveDirector Theresa McQuoid.“Although our increases here inSaskatchewan weren’t as dramatic, wecertainly know what our NewBrunswick counterparts were facing.”

New Brunswick Raises Tire Recycling Fees

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More than 82,000 tires will be recycledthanks to a pair of planned resurfacingprojects by the Saskatchewan Ministryof Highways and Infrastructure.

“This innovation helps Saskatchewan’senvironmental record by reducing theamount of solid waste going into ourlandfills and encouraging thedevelopment of new technologies,”Highways and Infrastructure MinisterWayne Elhard said.

“By establishing a TransportationCentre of Excellence in the province, weplan to continue this innovation throughimproved road construction technologiesand techniques.”

Rubber asphalt, which is produced inpart from scrap tires, will be usedinstead of conventional pavement onmore than 64 kilometers of provincialhighways lanes near Maple Creek andFort Qu’Appelle this year. About 1,300tires are recycled for each lane kilometerof rubber asphalt. Rubber asphalt is

more resistant to cracking thanconventional pavement and reduces the traffic noise characteristic ofconventional pavement. Constructionprojects like these provide a market forrecycled rubber products.

Highway 1 near Maple Creek will have more than 30 kilometers of onelane resurfaced using rubber asphalt.The cost of the entire project isapproximately $5 million. On Highway10, about 17 kilometers will also beresurfaced in each direction at a cost of$5 million. Both projects are expected tobe completed later this constructionseason, depending on weather andcontractor capacity.

More than 82,000 Tires to beRecycled in Highway ProjectsRUBBER ASPHALT WILL COVER OVER 64 KM OF HIGHWAY

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Planning a community improvementproject? Landscaping a park? Repavinga street? Reshingling the town hall?

The Saskatchewan Scrap TireCorporation’s Community DemonstrationGrant Program might be able to help.

Up to $5,500 is available in matchingfunding for capital projects that makeuse of recycled tire products. Financialsupport may be obtained to help withthe purchase, transportation andinstallation of such items.

The program is open to all municipalities,schools, non-profit community groups,and First Nations and Metis settlementswithin the province.

Join the many Saskatchewancommunities that have already benefitedfrom this program.

The deadline for 2008 grantapplications is May 30. All fundingdecisions will be made after this date,once all eligible applications have been received.

For more information on theCommunity Demonstration GrantProgram, to download the programapplication package, or to see the manytypes of products being made fromrecycled tires, visit the SSTC website atwww.scraptire.sk.ca or call the ScrapTire office at (306) 721-8473.

Example of program project

Crumb RubberPhoto courtesy of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure

SSTC Gives Back to CommunitiesThrough Grant Program• • • • •

Rubber asphalt is more resistant to cracking than conventional pavement and reduces the traffic noise