Good News: The Tire Amnesty event held April 1-3 in Newport was successful. Better News: There is still room for tires. Kim Burge, Director for RC&D reports, “There is a lot of room for more tires. Our goal was to collect 600 ton. At this time, we are just over 200 ton. Given this information, the Upper Elkhorn NRD and the NC RC&D along with the support of the Village of Newport and Rock County are extending the collection time.”
New guidelines: Tires can be dropped off at the Village/County Yard north of Newport on Hwy 137. You can weigh at Rock County Agronomy in Bassett or Stuart Fertilizer in Stuart. When you have a net weight, contact Kim at 402.376.5842. Text or call with your name, town you’re from and net weight. Or if you don’t have many, send Kim a count, sorted by number of car, pickup, semi, front or back tractor tire or irrigation tires. If you have tires outside of this range, just add them to the count that is about the same size. The grant is based on weight so the more accurate, the better. Burge adds, “Free will donations are still appreciated to cover the portion of the event not covered by the grant. You can send those to RC&D, Box 130, Bassett NE 68714 or drop your donation off at the Bassett City Office.
“The Tire Amnesty is a great event to host,” comments Burge. “This one is even more enjoyable. Instead of having to turn people away because we reached the limit quickly, we can instead invite people to keep bringing them. We will be accepting tires through Friday, April 12th. So if weather or calving or Easter vacation delayed your efforts to bring tires in, you have a second chance. We will stop collecting on Friday, the 12th so please, do not bring any tires after that. We do not want to wear out our welcome with the Village of Newport or with Rock County.”
The Tire Amnesty is an event made possible through a grant from the Ne Dept of Energy and Environment.
