Memphis company gets countywide tire recycling contract
Discarded tires have long been a problem in Memphis. Latarus Williams with the Public Works Department unloads a trailer as motorists line up along Florida Street during the 2019 redemption program by Memphis and Shelby County. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
“There are tires everywhere,” business owner Corteney Mack said. “They’re everywhere because you have so many tire shops.”
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Shelby County Board of Commissioners tire recyclingKeely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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