NORTH CAROLINA SCRAP TIRE BRIEFING SHEET

STATE REGULATIONS
SB 111 (1989), levies a 1% sales tax on new tire sales and requires each county to provide a location for scrap tire collection. Tax became effective January 1990. Other provisions require that:

o counties provide a site for tire collection by March 1, 1990;
o scrap tire haulers are registered with the Solid Waste Branch to qualify for a merchant identification number;
o storage sites having more that 1,000 scrap tires must obtain a storage permit (exceptions for certain industries such as tire; retailers);
o counties be allowed to impose tipping fees for tires if sales tax fails to generate adequate funding;
o tire dealers, scrap tire processors and solid waste disposal facilities be encouraged to set up scrap tire collection centers;
o processed scrap tires can still be landfilled.

HB 83 (1993) increased the disposal tax on tires, effective October 1, 1993. HB 83 also prohibits tire tipping fees effective January 1, 1994 if the scrap tires are certified as being generated in the state.

GS 130A-309.63 (1994), established a Scrap Tire Disposal Account, which is funded by the receipts from the scrap tire tax. These funds are to be designated for pile abatement projects and grants and loans to municipalities for pile abatement.

In 2002, the state reauthorized the scrap tire law. The 1% sales tax on new tire sales was increased to 2%.

Transport

HB25 increases the annual tire recycling fee imposed in conjunction with motor vehicle registrations by $0.50 per year. For buses the fee is increased by $0.25 per wheel. The revenue attributable to the increase in the tire recycling fee is directed to the Tire Recycling Fund.

MAJOR MARKETS
The state Department of Transportation has used over 2,000,000 scrap tires in a variety of civil engineering applications. Five tire recycling companies operating in state, monofills are operating, and TDF is in active use.

North Carolina Solid Waste Management Annual Report

STATE CONTACT
Ellen Lorscheider
North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
1646 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1646
Phone: (919)508-8499
E-mail: Ellen.lorscheider@ncdenr.gov
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