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The 2011 VW Jetta TDI sponsored by St. James Volkswagen with Be Tire Smart, Tire Stewardship Manitoba (TSM) and VW Logos is roaming across Manitoba. A recent Tire Inflation and Attitudinal Study conducted by The Rubber Association of Canada clearly showed Manitoba to really be a tough market and all the RAC was selling over the last 8 years is ideas! Measure your tire monthly, save fuel, increase tire service life, save money and save the environment. The RAC’s Mobile Project Template was developed three years ago and has passed its first two pilot programs and now is being used by Ontario Tire Stewardship and TSM. Continue reading ‘Jetta-Round Tire Smart Campaign Tours Manitoba’
Dated: Nov. 15, 2010
TSM is requesting all Manitobans to review the DRAFTED TIRE STEWARDSHIP MANITOBA 2012-2016 PROGRAM PLAN and provide us with your valuable input toward the development of the program plan (EMAIL COMMENTS). TSM must receive all comments before March 1, 2011 in order to allow time for making changes, should any amendments to the current draft plan be required. After receiving all stakeholders valuable input and making any required changes to the program plan, TSM will submit the plan by May 1, 2011 to the Minister of Conservation for approval.
FIRST PRIZE: George C. McLean, Winnipeg • Set of four new tires and installation at any Manitoba Sturgeon Tire location to a maximum of $1,000
There were four other lucky winners of Multi-Function Air Compressors:
- Joy Lynds, Winnipeg
- Wanda Barron, Portage la Prairie
- Coreen Zacharkiw, Selkirk
- Jack Park, Selkirk
Tire Stewardship Manitoba’s win four tires contest (The Contest) is intended to be conducted in Canada, and is open to legal residents of Canada only. No purchase is necessary. Participants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry. Void in whole or in part where prohibited by law. ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONTEST RULES. Continue reading ‘Win Four Tires Contest | Campaign Rules’
TSM teamed up with several sponsors in creating and distributing the 2010 Eco Calendar: Your Guide to Greener Living. The 2010 ECO Calendar includes striking pictures of Manitoba that depict the different seasons with useful eco tips that provide guidance to Manitoba families throughout the year. TSM continues to work with government and Manitoba corporations committed to sustainability to promote greater environmental awareness.
TSM provided two university students with a summer employment opportunity conducting a pair of important research studies. The Agricultural Scrap Tire Study was conducted to understand the life span of a typical rear agricultural drive tire. There were 949 OTR tire sidewalls that were documented at processors’ yards from which the tire code information obtained provided a significant sample size of 559 large rear agricultural tires. Continue reading ‘Summer Student Research Studies’
The City of Winnipeg expanded its testing of rubber asphalt material to pave an 800 metre stretch of Portage Avenue in 2009. This follows the laying of a 300 metre rubber asphalt pedestrian-bicycle path along Bishop Grandin Blvd. in 2008.
Municipal landfills receive a 50-cent per tire incentive to manage scrap tires appropriately. There remain some logistical challenges to ensuring consistent enforcement of scrap tire management requirements. Continue reading ‘Special Municipal Landfill Clean-up’
Recycling tires at their end-of-life is important but lengthening life so that fewer are used is essential. Tire manufacturers are making progress. Since 1981 the average tire life has gone up over 50 percent. Also, average tire rolling resistance has reduced by more than 25 percent, simply by making the tires lighter and stronger. Continue reading ‘Extending Tire Life’