Md. dealers use illegal tire dump to blast state efforts

LANDOVER, Md. (Feb. 25)—A pile of 600 scrap tires dumped illegally near Landover is the springboard for the Maryland Tire Dealers Association to issue a protest against what it considers the state´s wrongheaded scrap tire control policies. The tires dumped in Lower Beaverdam Creek, according to the MTDA, underline the fact that of $5 million in tire recycling fees collected on new tire sales last year, only about $200,000 actually went toward scrap tire cleanup and recycling. "Tire dealers say their customers are outraged at paying a `tire recycling fee´ only to see it spent on everything but tire recycling," the association said in a news release.