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Draft Tire Commission Recommendations

The Tire Commission, in collaboration with the University of Georgia, have come up with 12 recommendations. See the overview below.    
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Recommendation 1: Create a city-county-state joint task force
Recommendation 2: Create a City of Atlanta “Scrap Tire Task Force”
Recommendation 3: Designate agency and agents to enforce the City of Atlanta Scrap Tire Ordinance
Recommendation 4: Amend Atlanta’s Scrap Tire Ordinance to include provision whereby tire carriers must conspicuously display a “carrier decal” on their vehicles when in operation.
Recommendation 5: Include a provision in Atlanta’s Scrap Tire Ordinance requiring that scrap tire generators and carriers maintain state required documentation, including manifests.
Recommendation 6: Include a provision in Atlanta’s Scrap Tire Ordinance for fines of $1000 per violation per day for illegal tire dumping activity.
Recommendation 7: Utilize mobile night vision cameras for the identification and prosecution of scrap tire dumpers
Recommendation 8: Amend City of Atlanta Scrap Tire Ordinance to require scrap tire branding
Recommendation 9: Coordinate with City of Atlanta Business License Office to audit tire facilities
Recommendation 10: Dedicate resources for public education on reporting illegal tire dumpers and the public health dangers of illegally dumped tires
Recommendation 11: Conduct GIS mapping analysis of tire dumping locations
Recommendation 12: Lobby the state legislature for the funding of the Solid Waste Trust Fund

Additional Recommendations
  • Support adoption of state scrap tire legislation with measures beyond those in the Georgia Solid Waste Management Act
  • Conduct further study of Georgia’s Solid Waste Management Act
  • Research use of scrap tire materials for public construction projects

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