Overview of New Jersey’s Scrap
Tire Management Program
Presented by - Amy Bilder
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
County Environmental & Waste Enforcement Programs
Bureau of Solid Waste Compliance & Enforcement
Overview of New Jersey’s Major Tire Sites
27
identified known major tire sites (> 20,000).
Majority
of the tire sites are or were a used
auto yard.
Sites
have either been abandoned,
undergoing clean up,
or nothing has happening.
Location of Major Tire Sites
Atlantic
-3
Burlington - 1
Cumberland - 4
Gloucester - 6
Hunterdon - 1
Mercer
-1
Monmouth - 4
Ocean - 1
Salem - 6.
Examples
Meszaros
Auto Wrecking
Located
on South Hills Road in East Amwell
Township, Hunterdon County, NJ.
50,000
to 100,000 tires on site.
Owner Frank Meszaro refuses to clean up the site.
Superior Court of Hunterdon County has ordered Mr.
Meszaro to clean up the site.
East
Amwell Township was recently awarded a Tire
Grant of $283,000.
Meszaro Site Photo
Examples (continued)
Perona
Brothers
Located
on Route 30 in Mullica Township, Atlantic
County, NJ.
Originally estimated at 100,000 to 500,000 tires on
site.
Property
purchased by Steve Wazen of Magic
Disposal who finished the clean up. Clean up
consisted of disposing of tires that were buried on
site ten years ago after a tire fire.
Perona Bros. Site Photo
Examples (continued)
Conquest
Located
Tire Site
on Tuckahoe Road in Franklin Township,
Gloucester County, NJ.
100,000 to 200,000 tires on site.
Site has been abandoned. Owner, Lawrence
Conquest has moved to Virginia and has been
unreachable.
Franklin Township was recently awarded a Tire
Grant of $300,000 to clean up the site and is almost
finished.
Lawrence Conquest Site Photo
Presently
13
sites have been remediated (3 sites awarded
tire grant).
9 sites are undergoing clean up (4 sites awarded
tire grant).
1 site is in the process of being sold with the
owner signing an agreement to clean up the tires.
4 sites have not changed - Department is looking
into legal actions.
Tire Grant
History
Fund started in 2001 - as part of a $2.4 million statewide
initiative to address the West Nile virus.
Awarded to the individual counties.
Funding for each county is based on the Clean Communities
Formula for road miles since abandoned tires are a form of
litter. For example - Bergen County has 445 road miles which
entitles it to 6.62% of the funding ($158,905.00).
Counties used the funding for either a particular tire site or a
tire amnesty day where the county would clean up the tires
from their municipal maintenance yards.

Tire Grant
Tire
Fee Legislation
On
June 29, 2004 Governor James E. McGreevey
signed into law P.L. 2004, c.46, which will provide
$2.3 million annually for scrap tire stockpile
cleanups.
The funding for this program is generated by a
$1.50 per tire fee on the sale of new motor vehicle
tires, including tires sold as a component part of a
new motor vehicle either sold or leased in New
Jersey.
Tire Grant
Tire
Fee Legislation - continued
On March 18, 2005 Commissioner Bradley M. Campbell
announced that grants have been awarded to 16 counties and
towns to clean up scrap tires piles.
The 16 grants awarded ranged in the amounts of $25,000 to
$300,000.
The approved sites ranged from sites with more than 20,000
tires to sites with smaller piles. It also included local tire
drop-off programs.
Grant funds cannot be used to clean up tires on any land
currently in commercial use.

Tire Grant
7
of the 16 grants awarded were dedicated to
the major tire sites
Estate
of Joseph Perona (200-300 thousand)
Foster Farm Tire Pile (1 million)
Conquest Tire Site (100 - 200 thousand)
Meszaros Auto Wrecking (50 - 100 thousand)
Estate of James Brown (200 - 300 thousand)
Gary V. Gates Tire Recycling Inc. (200 - 300 thousand)
Estate of Clarence Brown (100 thousand)
Lessons Learned
Solid
Waste Enforcement began Identifying New
Jersey’s major tire sites in the 1980’s.
Responsible for the Clean-up:
NJDEP’s strong enforcement program;
Good communication between the Department
and the community helped identify and clean up a
majority of these sites;
Urgency to combat the threat of the West Nile
Virus through tire clean up.
Conclusion

Expectations
Within 5 years - total tire clean up of the
remaining tire sites.
Prevention
Continued
enforcement/inspections of the
scrap tire management facilities, which
include both processors and storage
(auto salvage yards) and transfer
operations.
Success Story
Shorty’s
Used Auto - Francis Schultz/Owner
Formerly - Coach Used Auto Parts
Located
at 2778 South Black Horse Pike,
Williamstown, Gloucester County, NJ
54
acres with under 18 acres exposed.
Site
purchased by Shorty’s in early 2005.
But…before the success story
Estimated
100,000 to
200,000 tires on site
Aerial Pictures taken on 4-09-2001
Aerial Pictures taken on 4-09-2001
Aerial Pictures taken on 4-09-2001
Shorty’s Used Auto
Property Cost - $360,000.00.
Clean up process began almost immediately after
new ownership.
April 2005 - first inspection of “Shortys,” showed
great improvement, estimated 10,000 to 15,000
tires removed.
Additional inspections were conducted quarterly
and indicated a steady removal of the tires with a
significant reduction each time.

Remediation Process

60 cubic yard dumpster is loaded, holding up to 800 - 1,000 tires,
and disposed of 2x a week.
Tri-axle is loaded, holding up to 300 tires, and disposed of 5x a
week.
Tires are taken to a facility owned by Mr. Schultz in King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania to be washed.
Clean tires are transported to Emanuel Tire.
Emanuel Tire - recycling plant that melts tires to extract metal
and then sells powder.
Average cost- receive 67 cents a tire, however disposal can cost
$1.50 a tire = man power + fuel.
Current Status

Remediation of tire piles is finished
December
2005 - clean up finished.
Cost of Clean Up (manpower, transportation,
disposal fees, etc.) $242,400.00.
Quantity of tires removed - Approximately 125,000.
Land reclaimed through removal of tires = 18 acres.
28 acres are now being utilized by Shorty’s
business.
Shorty’s Used Auto
Pictures taken on 1-17-2006
Pictures taken on 1-17-2006
Pictures taken on 1-17-2006
Pictures taken on 1-17-2006