cutting the tires and taking them to the landfill is the "proper" way the tire shops do here.i live in the 3rd largert city in MO. most big tire shops actually cut them differently they cut thru the whole tire with a hydrolic shear. they take a tractor trailer load at a time to landfill. i'm sure longbox is right about it being mandated by epa but that seems pretty bogus to charge if you keey the old tire. do they charge it if it is removed from the rim when you bring the rim in? do the tire shops have to pay it to distributor? i doubt it. i know they don't want people throwing them in ditch or burning them but if you dispose of them properly what's the problem. i'm all for alternitive ways of recycling like grinding them up for play grounds or asphalt even if it costs more, but face it that's not what happens to most old tires. i bet there isn't a epa truck that comes and picks up the old tires and the bag of money the tire shops collected either. who keeps the "tax"? i wonder who keeps all our "tax" in MO after the tires are cut and go to landfill. the reason in MO they have to be cut is so they don't float to top by gases produced from landfill. the reason people complain is they are sick and tired of being charged more with out it being in the actual price. everything has a surcharge, local tax, hazardous material fee, disposal fee and so on.every 39.99 item costs 50.00.
