Santa Monica could stand to cash in for its recycling skills if council agrees to apply for a grant tonight. The California Tire Recycling Management Fund appropriates a program that “promotes alternative uses for waste tires and decreases environmental impacts from unlawful tire disposal and traditional stockpiling methods,” a city staff report said.
Santa Monica has used recycled tire products in rubberized asphalt for Annual Street Repair/Resurfacing Project for several years. The city has also used rubberized sidewalk panels comprised of recycled tires as durable, environmentally friendly ways to avoid tree root management or concrete sidewalk removal around trees with root problems.
If approved for the grant, the city could net $100,000.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 24, 2006. Read the original PDF.