City-county recycling drive rounds up 50,000 used tires
Tommy Rokitka dispenses with over 400 tires that were illegally dumped on his property a few years ago while he was out of town. With tires stacked in trailers, in pickups, and even tied to the tops of cars, motorists line up along Florida Street on Jan. 10, 2019, during the third tire redemption program by Memphis and Shelby County in the last seven years. The city and county expected to take in more than 50,000 used tires for recycling over two days. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
More than 50,000 used tires were recycled over two days last month in a $100,000 city-county tire drive.
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