The contractors which will haul away these old tires from a city-owned lot in East St. Louis to be reused are funded with a fee that customers pay on new tires.
A yearly effort by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to clean up discarded tires is underway in the Metro East.
Front loaders were hard at work at a city-owned lot in East St. Louis Wednesday afternoon dropping tires into tractor trailers. The contractors, which will haul away the old tires to be reused, are funded with a fee that customers pay on new tires.
