TENNESSEE SCRAP TIRE BRIEFING SHEET
T.C., A 67-1603, the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991 established a $1.00 fee on the sale of all new tires. The revenue generated is to be placed in the Solid Waste Management Fund. The act also required each county to set up a collection site in their county. In 2007, the Legislature amended T.C., A 67-1603 by raising the fee on the sale of new tires to $1.35, and it stiffened penalties for failure to comply with tire fee reporting requirements.

As of January 1, 1995, each county is supposed to provide, directly, by contract or through solid waste authority, at least one site to receive and store scrap tires. If an adequate site is not otherwise available in the county (i.e., a landfill) for the use of the residents of the county, the county can establish a permit-by-rule storage site.

Also in 2007, amendments to Senate Bill 2267 provided that state grants to counties for recycling of waste tires shall require submission of a work plan and budget for such projects. It further provided that expenditures of the contracts, grants, and/or any additional local tipping fees must not exceed the cost of the county’s waste tire management program.  

Currently, funds from the Solid Waste Management Fund are being used to send all scrap tires to beneficial end use.

MAJOR MARKETS
TVA Allen Steam Plant, Bowater, and Cemex use TDF. Gerdau Ameristeel use scrap tires for both the BTU value and the scrap steel. GreenMan has located a chip processing facility near Nashville. Some markets are in neighboring states. There has been limited application for use in landfill construction, septic systems, and modified asphalt projects although a Civil Engineering Use Policy is in place.

STATE CONTACT
Louis Bordenave
Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation, Solid Waste Management
5th Floor annex, L&C Tower
401 Church Street, 8th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243-1533
Phone: (615) 532-0095
E-mail: louis.bordenave@state.tn.us
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