Tires dumped in stream

[bob vernon]

Tires have, I believe, serial numbers on them. Can these tires be traced back to the outlet who sold them and then to the customer who bought them? People generally are quite loyal to their tire outlets and usually are repeat buyers. There are so many tires in that creek that there must be a pattern of purchase. Like one vendor who sold most of them. If so, they need a visit.

https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/32 ... -of-Vernon

[TylerM4]

When it's that many tires, it's unlikely they were dumped by the original owner. Likely a shady tire shop that doesn't want to pay to dispose of properly.

Tires do have serial numbers - but they are not unique numbers. They're more like a manufacturing code.
https://generaltire.com/talk-shop/what- ... d-where-it

[pthfndr]

I wonder if they are from logging that was done many years ago and the roads have been overgrown since . no one is going to hike in to dispose of that many tires.

[TylerM4]

I wonder if they are from logging that was done many years ago and the roads have been overgrown since . no one is going to hike in to dispose of that many tires.

Logging equipment does not use passenger car tires. There are some heavy equipment tires shown, but mostly we see smaller. None of the tires have moss/vegetation growing on or even over the tires - These were dumped in the last few years.

They were likely dumped higher upstream off the side of a roadway or rolled down a gully. Then during spring melt they get moved downstream.

[AtlantisKelowna]

Just pure laziness. Tire shop's do not get charged for scrap tire removal and any that claim they do are full of it. I spent 20 years in the industry managing stores for a couple large sellers. When you purchase new tires there is a $5 levy per tire that covers the recycling fee.

Any tire shop is supposed to take scrap tires kind of like a recycling depot. I know a couple place's in town refuse simply because they don't have much space for scrap tires and a couple others that charge $5 per tire and pocket it.

Tire Stewardship BC is a great program and will list many of the locations that offer scrap drop off locations.

https://www.tsbc.ca/pickupdropoff.php

[Gixxer]

Hmmm not really sure where the site is but there is a very steep embankment to the repeater station past Becker Lake. For years it was a popular place for young people to roll stuff down. Theres everything from tires, appliances, and some very old cars at the bottom. A person can only get to it by dirt bike on a side trail.

[GordonH]

Lazy ...cheap have been dumping their garbage out in the brush for years.

If any of them ever actually get caught, 2 things should happen.
1) publicly made known
2) several hundred hours of community service

[Brushy Bill]

Is that Carrs landing ?

[2manyfords]

Logging equipment does not use passenger car tires. There are some heavy equipment tires shown, but mostly we see smaller.

You're right. Logging equipment doesn't use passenger tires. But quite often the smaller tires are used in the transportation/loading/off-loading of equipment...

[dontrump]

all I know if I was this group of serious people whom like to clean things up I would not be asking some government if it,s ok to clean up I would just go ahead and remove the debris

[lifegives]

all I know if I was this group of serious people whom like to lean things up I would not be asking some government if it ok to clean up I would just go ahead and remove the debris

It's like when they sink a ship in the ocean to make a new reef-like structure for creatures of the deep, they have to be sure what the effect will be before they take action. The OFTF is being responsible by making sure the questions are answered before acting, something more of us should do, think before acting.

[dontrump]

all I know if I was this group of serious people whom like to lean things up I would not be asking some government if it ok to clean up I would just go ahead and remove the debris

It's like when they sink a ship in the ocean to make a new reef-like structure for creatures of the deep, they have to be sure what the effect will be before they take action. The OFTF is being responsible by making sure the questions are answered before acting, something more of us should do, think before acting.

you know some people can make an excuse even for the pm of canada removing tires from a small creek is not even close to a ship in the ocean not even remotely close

[lifegives]

you know some people can make an excuse even for the pm of canada removing tires from a small creek is not even close to a ship in the ocean not even remotely close

Good to know you're a biologist, definitely will have more questions as time goes on.

[vegas1500]

Tires have, I believe, serial numbers on them. Can these tires be traced back to the outlet who sold them and then to the customer who bought them? People generally are quite loyal to their tire outlets and usually are repeat buyers. There are so many tires in that creek that there must be a pattern of purchase. Like one vendor who sold most of them. If so, they need a visit.

https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/32 ... -of-Vernon

Passenger car tires are Completely untraceable to the end user. This is nothing more than local people who absolutely love their province then complain when tourists come to town.

[dontrump]

you know some people can make an excuse even for the pm of canada removing tires from a small creek is not even close to a ship in the ocean not even remotely close

Good to know you're a biologist, definitely will have more questions as time goes on.

you know people get so involved in the non needed politics in situations like this which adds to Bureaucracy which leads to $$
and nothing gets done this little creek is not the fraser river may I remind you all
just go and remove the tires and all will be well