Resources and Information on Incineration, Tire Burning, Alternatives such as Rubber Paving and State Programs
We provide here a list of websites (and reports) run by government, industry and non-governmental organizations involved in tire management issues. It is a good starting point, but by no means an exhaustive list.
IPEN International POPS Elimination Network is a global network of public interest non-governmental organizations united in support of a common POPs Elimination Platform.
The mission of IPEN is to work for the global elimination of persistent organic pollutants, on an expedited yet socially equitable basis.
GAIA is an expanding international alliance of individuals, non-governmental organization, community-based organizations, academics and others working to end the incineration of all forms of waste and to promote sustainable waste prevention and discard management practices. Since GAIA members are committed both to ending incineration and to promoting alternative safe, economical and just discard management systems, the name GAIA represents both a Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance and a Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives.
No A La Incineración web site is a Spanish-language site with a wealth of information on incineration and alternatives run by the Argentinian-based Coalición Ciudadana Anti-Incineración.
Cuaderno Ciudadano Sobre Contaminantes Organicos Persistentes
is a link to the Spanish-language guide to POPs in Mexico, their elimination and how to take action. The guide was written by Fernando Bejarano of RAPAM.
The Energy Justice Network provides a website on tire-derived fuel (TDF) issues.
Energy Use in the N. American Cement Industry: Emissions, Waste Generation and Pollution Control, 1990-2001 is a trinational report on the use of different fuels in cement plants written by TCPS, Fronteras Comunes and the Pembina Institute for Sustainable Development.
Burning Our Health: Hazardous Waste Incineration in Cement Kilns in Mexico July 1997; Authors: TCPS, Fernando Bejarano, COSYDDHAC
Quemando Nuestra Salud: La Incineracion de Residuos Peligrosos en Hornos Cementeros en México Septiembre, 1998; Autores Fernando Bejarano; COSYDDHAC, Chihuahua; TCPS
Downwinders at Risk is a group based out of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area which has been fighting pollution coming from toxic-burning cement kilns and other industries in the area.
Montanans Against Toxic Burning is a local group fighting a cement kiln facility owned by Holcim which has applied to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to burn 650,000 tires a year.
The Rubber Pavement Association based in Arizona provides a very informative website on the advantages of rubber pavement and other issues involving scrap tires.
The Rubber Manufacturers Association also has a wealth of information on the many uses and challenges with scrap tires. It should be noted that this website also provides information on the benefits of burning scrap tires, without necessarily endorsing the practice.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's Scrap Tire Recycling page also provides information about scrap tire management in Texas, and also has a number of reports including an annual audit on the fate of scrap tires and a 2003 report and a 2004 report on use of scrap tires in highway projects..Again, TCEQ has endorsed tire burning in Texas in cement kilns despite citizen opposition.
The State of California's Integrated Waste Management Board provides information on their efforts to deal with scrap tires. Again, they have endorsed both rubber pavement and burning of tires in industrial kilns and boilers as solutions.
Finally, the Environmental Protection Agency runs a special U.S./Mexico border
web site with information about
Border 2012, the border
environment initiative it conducts jointly with Mexico' SEMARNAT and other
local, state and federal agencies. Interestingly, this program has endorsed tire burning in cement kilns as one possible alternative, despite opposition from local communities and citizen groups
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