Tire Incineration Opposing Groups

Below is a list of groups opposed to tire incin­er­a­tion. It is VERY incom­plete, so please con­tact us if you know of oth­er groups that should be list­ed here. Groups are list­ed by state/province, with national/international groups at the bottom.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Alberni Envi­ron­men­tal Coali­tion
Web­site: http://www.portaec.net/local/tireburning/
Phone: 250–723-4666
Address: 4770 John­ston Road, Port Alberni, BC (Cana­da)

FLORIDA

Save The Ichetuck­nee Riv­er
Web­site: http://www.ichetucknee.org
Email: info@ichetucknee.org
Notes: Fight­ing a pro­posed tire-burn­ing cement kiln.

MINNESOTA
The three groups below fought for over two years and stopped the pro­pos­al for the world’s largest ded­i­cat­ed tire incin­er­a­tor in Pre­ston, MN. It was defeat­ed in Jan­u­ary 2005.

South­east­ern Min­nesotans for Envi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion
Web­site: http://www.semep.org/semep.html
Email: semepmn@yahoo.com or r.sauer@mchsi.com
Address: P.O. Box 261, Pre­ston, MN 55965

Cit­i­zens Against Pol­lu­tion
Web­site: http://www.citizensagainstpollution.org
Email: people@citizensagainstpollution.org

Sier­ra Club North Star Chap­ter — Min­neso­ta
Web­site: http://www.northstar.sierraclub.org/heartland
Con­tact: Michelle Rosier, Sier­ra Club Clean Air Orga­niz­er
Phone: 612–659-9124
Email: michelle.rosier@sierraclub.org

MONTANA

Mon­tanans Against Tox­ic Burn­ing
Web­site: http://www.notoxicburning.org
Email: info@NoToxicBurning.org
Address: P.O. Box 1082, Boze­man, MT 59771

NEW YORK

Friends of Hud­son
Web­site: http://www.friendsofhudson.org
Email: sampratt@mac.com
Phone: 518–822-0334
Address: Box 362 Hud­son, NY 12534
Notes: Stopped the con­struc­tion of a cement kiln pro­posed by Hol­cim / Saint Lawrence Cement which could have burn tires for fuel if built. Now fight­ing Lafarge’s plans to burn 5 mil­lion tires/year in Rave­na, NY.

Peo­ple for Less Pol­lu­tion
Web­site: www.lesspollution.org
Email: nontoxic@sover.net
Phone: 802–388-7050
Address: PO Box 1350, Mid­dle­bury, VT 05752
Email list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeopleForLessPollution/

North­east Clean Air Coali­tion
Address: PO Box 95, Ver­gennes, VT 05491
802–759-2259 Phone/Fax

Notes: Peo­ple for Less Pol­lu­tion and North­east Clean Air Coali­tion led the fight against pro­posed tire burn­ing at the Inter­na­tion­al Paper (IP) paper mill in Ticon­dero­ga in east­ern New York State, near the Ver­mont bor­der. IP start­ed a test burn in late 2006 and gave up when test data showed unac­cept­ably high emissions.

NOVA SCOTIA

Cit­i­zens Against Burn­ing of Tires (CABOT)
http://www.citizensagainstburningoftires.ca
Notes: Fight­ing tire burn­ing at Lafarge Brook­field cement kiln.

PENNSYLVANIA

Keep Erie’s Envi­ron­ment Pro­tect­ed (KEEP)
http://www.stopburningtires.com
Notes: Fight­ing largest pro­pos­al for a ded­i­cat­ed tire incin­er­a­tor in the U.S. (800 tons/day) planned by Erie Renew­able Ener­gy, LLC (owned by Boston-based Calet­ta Renew­able Ener­gy, LLC).

TEXAS

Texas Cen­ter for Pol­i­cy Stud­ies
Web­site: http://www.texascenter.org/tires/
Email: cr@texascenter.org
Phone: 512–474-0811
Fax: 512–474-7846 Address: 44 East Avenue Suite 306, Austin, TX 78701
Notes: Fight­ing tire-burn­ing cement kilns along U.S.-Mexico border.

Down­winders At Risk
Web­site: http://www.downwindersatrisk.org/
Email: Info@DownwindersAtRisk.org
Phone: 972–296-9100
Fax: 972–296-9106
Address: 400 North Main Street, Dun­canville, TX 75116

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

Glob­al Anti-Incin­er­a­tor Alliance/Global Alliance for Incin­er­a­tor Alter­na­tives (GAIA)
Web­site: http://www.no-burn.org
Address: Unit 320, Eagle Court Cond., 26 Matal­i­no St., Barangay Cen­tral, Que­zon City, Philip­pines
(Region­al address­es can be found on their website.)

Sier­ra Club — Lone Star Chap­ter
Neil Car­man, Ph.D.
Email: neil_carman@greenbuilder.com