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TIRES "some just don't Continued from F1 understand the Landfills still accept whole tires, dangers of illegally dis- but by law they have not been allowed to bury them whole since posing tires like that." 1993. San Joaquin County collects _ Lanny Clavecilla, $1.65 for each unmounted passen- ger tine and $5 for each unmount- California Integrated Waste ed truck tire, and sends more than Management Board 10,000 a year to a Sacramento tire recycler, according to Jaime Perez, solid-waste-operations manager for fanner, after delivering 600 tires, the county. called him at home later that That cost may not sound pro- night with bad news: TWenty-five hibitive, but it's too high for some more tires had been dumped on folks who'd rather just litter. his property that day. Farmers frequently find tires "Some just don't understand dumped in their fields and the dangers of illegally disposing orchards. Then they're burdened tires like that," Clavecilla said. with the problem. Earlier this "They don't understand tires have year, the San Joaquin County a reuse value." Farm Bureau had a four-day tire- That's why Royster Tum Co. was collection program, and farmers accumulating tires in Tlracy and brought in 60,000 tires. why a site in Westley has 7 mil- "The overwhelming majority of lion tires. In Westley, the tires are those were tires that were being burned to generate electric- dumped alongside the road," said ity. Russ Matthews, the Farm Bureau's "You have a problem when you executive director. "It's a big prob- have a person who has an idea lem in all areas of the county. these tires will be worth some- People can drive up and down thing in the future or they'll be the road without being noticed used for something," Clavecilla and accidentally, if you will, lose said. "For some reason, it doesn't loads out of their cars or trucks." pan out, and they're left with all Matthews said one Ripon these tires:'