(From the City of Joplin)There will be a FREE Tire Drop-Off Event on Saturday, June 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the at the Old Lone Elm Plant at 2214 N. Lone Elm Road. The Lone Elm Plant is on the west side of Lone Elm, a quarter of a mile south of the intersection of Lone Elm Road and West Zora Street. In the past, this event has been held at the Recycling Center, but it has been moved to North Lone Elm Road to allow more space for this collection. Please enter from the south on Lone Elm Road.
Automotive passenger tires, with or without rims, will be accepted. Please remove water and mud from inside the tires. There is a ten-tire limit per vehicle, and multiple visits are not allowed. Semi, tractor, ATV, and racing tires will not be accepted. Tires cannot have rims larger than 20-inches. Please no commercial vehicles, haulers or generators of scrap tires.
This drop-off event is available to residents of Joplin and the counties of Jasper, Newton, McDonald, Barton, and Vernon. Joplin’s Recycling Center works closely with the Region M Solid Waste District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for such collections.
Since the 1990s, when whole tires were banned from landfills to conserve landfill space and keep out hazardous materials, citizens have needed options to discard tires. Worst-case scenarios include tires becoming eyesores and mosquito havens when left in yards or ditches where they collect water. The City and our partners are pleased to offer this community service for our area.
The City of Joplin manages this event and works closely with Region M Waste Management District and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. In the 1990s, whole tires were banned from Kansas and Missouri landfills to conserve landfill space and prevent hazardous materials from entering them.
“Our tire drop-off program provides area residents a free way to get rid of their old tires and helps to keep our neighborhoods and natural areas litter-free,” said Scott Patterson, Recycling Coordinator. “Removing tires can be difficult and expensive because landfills do not accept them. Unfortunately, people may resort to dropping them off along roadways or wooded areas, or may leave them in the yard where they collect rainwater and breed mosquitoes.”
The collected tires will be hauled to a recycling facility where they can be made into playground cover, garden hoses, trash cans, rug and floor mats, loading dock bumpers, parking lot wheel stops, road paving aggregate, running- and biking-friendly trail pavement, rubber bands, and much more! All metal rims will also be recycled.
Throughout the year, the Joplin Recycling Center accepts cardboard, paper, plastic #1 and #2 bottles with necks, glass, metal, cooking oil, egg cartons, hazardous waste, and batteries at no charge. Electronic waste is also accepted at no charge, with the exception of a $10 recycling fee for TV and computer screens. This event and the Center are open to everyone in the Region M Waste Management District which includes McDonald, Newton, Jasper, Barton, and Vernon Counties. The Joplin Recycling Center is funded in part by Region M Waste Management District.
For more information contact Patterson at 417-624-0820 ext. 1501, or visit the City’s website at www.joplinmo.org/recycling.
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