Management of Scrap Tires in the Border Region
The management of scrap tires is a significant challenge along the Texas-Mexico border. Find out more about this issue and how to properly dispose of scrap tires.
Problems with Scrap Tires
Scrap tires often get dumped illegally in large piles at the border, causing the following problems:
- Fires - Tire fires are difficult and expensive to extinguish and can cause air quality problems for several miles. Children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to this air pollution.
- Mosquitoes that spread diseases - Piles of tires provide places for rainwater to collect and then mosquitoes to breed. This then causes another public health problem—the spreading of diseases such as dengue and West Nile virus.
Although scrap tires are a challenge on both sides of the border, it is a larger issue on the Mexican side. Used tires from the U.S. still have just enough tread to be attractive for purchase in Mexico. Those tires have a short life before they are abandoned as scrap.
Find out how to transport and Dispose of Scrap Tires
Binational Partners
Binational Studies and Projects
In English
- Scrap Tires: Handbook on Recycling Applications and Management for the U.S. and Mexico
- Tire Flow Study in the Texas-Mexico Border Region[Full Report]
- Tire Flow Study in the Texas-Mexico Border Region[Executive Summary]
- 2022 Scrap Tire Management and Available Alternatives in Texas LRGVDC Region
En Español
- Plan Estatal de Manejo y Reciclaje-360 de Llantas Usadas en Coahuila
- Guía sobre aplicaciones de reciclaje y gestión de las llantas de desecho en EE.UU. y México
- Guía Municipal para el Manejo Integral de Llantas de Desecho
- Estudio del Flujo de Llantas en la Región Fronteriza Texas-México[Reporte Completo]
- Estudio del Flujo de Llantas en la Región Fronteriza Texas-México[Resumen Ejecutivo]
- Plan de Manejo de Neumaticos Usados de Desecho