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Senate committee pushes plan B for rural tire disposal, favors SB 63
Summary
The Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee voted to send Senate Bill 63 to the full Senate, advancing a temporary ‘plan B’ that would let small Utah counties use shredded tires as landfill cover and ease transport rules for certain counties while preserving space for private recycling solutions.
Senate sponsors and rural landfill operators told the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Standing Committee on Jan. 31 that widespread piles of used tires in rural counties are not moving through the existing recycling market, and they favor a backup option to keep tires from accumulating.
The bill would let class 3–6 county landfills accept shredded tires as “beneficial use” daily cover and change the definition of tire chip size from 2 inches to as large as 8 inches. Senator Daniel Vickers, sponsor of SB 63, said the change is intended as a plan B for rural areas: “This plan B would be a solution just for 3rd through 6th class counties that would allow the landfill to utilize the…
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