View Full Version : $2.50 Environment Fee per car tyre
palomino
25-07-2009, 07:05 AM
Just had two new tyres fitted to my car. I got home and checked my invoice. They've charged me a $2.50 environment fee per tyre.
I emailed their head office to complain. They told me if I had taken the old tyres away myself they wouldnt have charged it.
WELL THANKS FOR TELLING ME AFTER IT WAS TOO LATE.
They DID NOT tell me this at the time of purchase.
They DID NOT have any signs or notices in their reception that said this.
TAKE YOUR OLD TYRES WITH YOU. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKYARD OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD USE THEM
Give them to your local Pony Club who use them for jumps and such.
I think even the motorcross and bmx bike clubs would use them too.
Ian2day
25-07-2009, 07:14 AM
This has been Common Practice in the UK for years now. Oh CP at it again, well sort of, lol.
Next they will be charging us for... Opps I had better stop otherwise it will end up as a policy somewhere.
bones
25-07-2009, 09:26 AM
Just had two new tyres fitted to my car. I got home and checked my invoice. They've charged me a $2.50 environment fee per tyre.
I emailed their head office to complain. They told me if I had taken the old tyres away myself they wouldnt have charged it.
WELL THANKS FOR TELLING ME AFTER IT WAS TOO LATE.
They DID NOT tell me this at the time of purchase.
They DID NOT have any signs or notices in their reception that said this.
TAKE YOUR OLD TYRES WITH YOU. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKYARD OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD USE THEM
Give them to your local Pony Club who use them for jumps and such.
I think even the motorcross and bmx bike clubs would use them too.
take em away and drive to the local council tip... free there!!!
This has been Common Practice in the UK for years now. Oh CP at it again, well sort of, lol.
Next they will be charging us for... Opps I had better stop otherwise it will end up as a policy somewhere.
It has been common practice in Australia for years too :)
I am happy to pay up to $10 for them to dispose of them for me.
Take them home and grow potatoes in them :D
yozhik
25-07-2009, 10:33 AM
Can someone please explain to me how paying $2.50 per tyre is going to save the environment?
Most landfill stations will not take tyres as they cause toxic gases if they catch on fire plus the fact that they take up so much space.
People then tend to dump them in bushland where they are detrimental to the environment. Piles of tyres become a breeding ground for whatever and if they catch on fire, toxic gases.
So therefore they are disposed of responsibly by the tyre centres or service stations, to be shredded or for recycling.
Works for me :)
yozhik
25-07-2009, 11:21 AM
Most landfill stations will not take tyres as they cause toxic gases if they catch on fire plus the fact that they take up so much space.
People then tend to dump them in bushland where they are detrimental to the environment. Piles of tyres become a breeding ground for whatever and if they catch on fire, toxic gases.
So therefore they are disposed of responsibly by the tyre centres or service stations, to be shredded or for recycling.
Works for me :)
So how is charging $2.50 going to improve this situation?
What does the $2.50 do, that could not otherwise be done for free?
Where does the $2.50 go?
Who accounts for it?
What is it spent on?
whitenight639
25-07-2009, 11:30 AM
Most landfill stations will not take tyres as they cause toxic gases if they catch on fire plus the fact that they take up so much space.
People then tend to dump them in bushland where they are detrimental to the environment. Piles of tyres become a breeding ground for whatever and if they catch on fire, toxic gases.
So therefore they are disposed of responsibly by the tyre centres or service stations, to be shredded or for recycling.
Works for me :)
yeh but farmers collect them to wieght down the wrapping on the silage / strat or whatever the fuck it is u see piled up everywhere.
palomino
25-07-2009, 12:35 PM
Most landfill stations will not take tyres as they cause toxic gases if they catch on fire plus the fact that they take up so much space.
People then tend to dump them in bushland where they are detrimental to the environment. Piles of tyres become a breeding ground for whatever and if they catch on fire, toxic gases.
So therefore they are disposed of responsibly by the tyre centres or service stations, to be shredded or for recycling.
Works for me :)
Hi I Am
yeah I know - I can't help but think about that tyre fire in the Simpsons that burns for years and years. : ( think its was based on real life incident.
I have no doubt that they recycle the tyres. But then really, the people that get them are getting free "raw materials".
Similar to recycled paper - they take our free used paper ie raw materials.
Then they manufacture into "Fantastic, You'll Save the World" recycled paper for us AND its more expensive than normal paper made directly from cutting down a tree.
I'm all for recycling and no waste but...
So how is charging $2.50 going to improve this situation?
What does the $2.50 do, that could not otherwise be done for free?
Where does the $2.50 go?
Who accounts for it?
What is it spent on?
Oh bloody hell!! I don't know! google it :D
I am not that attached to money so paying $10 every couple of years is not a big issue for me.
If you don't want to pay it, take them home and use them for a kids swing or in the garden. Pile them up. great for growing potatoes.
:D :p
Ian2day
25-07-2009, 12:43 PM
Its the collecting and increased processing which adds the energy and direct financial costs. When they chop trees down they are all located in one place. No driving from town to town to fell a couple of trees and move on to the next town for one or two more. So recylced paper costs more in labour, time and money, then raw virgin trees. Tyres get turned into asphalt as well as building and insulating material.
yozhik
25-07-2009, 12:43 PM
Oh bloody hell!! I don't know! google it :D
I am not that attached to money so paying $10 every couple of years is not a big issue for me.
My point is ... its just another tax with the "topic du jour" pinned to it.
How the hell is paying $10 going to help???
Its a really simple question.
Not specifically aimed at you ... :)
How will it help?
Who administers the money?
What will actually be done with the money?
Or will it just be "absorbed" into Consolidated Funds?