Mar. 27, 2025
HARRISBURG – Rep. Bud Cook (R-Greene/Washington) announced he is looking to update state law to provide additional options for recycling tires and reducing pollution.
The legislation would remove regulatory obstacles for facilities that would use tire pyrolysis by considering the practice a form of advanced recycling.
Pyrolysis uses high heat and the absence of oxygen to break down chemical bonds in materials. When tires are burned in this manner, the material can be reused for other products.
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, when scrap tires sit around, they create environmental, health, and safety concerns. Improperly disposed of tires pose a risk of fires and, pollution, and they create mosquito breeding grounds.
“In addition to the reduction of tire pollution, the pyrolysis of tires has numerous other benefits, including the production of oils, gases, carbon black and other materials that can be reused. It also reduces the amount of materials sent to our landfills,” Cook said. “By updating the regulatory burden on tire pyrolysisthis law, our communities can benefit from the jobs and investment this emerging technology would bring to Pennsylvania.”
Cook’s legislation comes as a state-of-the-art tire processing plant has been proposed in Allenport.
Currently, Pennsylvania has restrictions on the disposal methods of scrap tires.
House Bill 1035 was referred to the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee for consideration.
Representative Bud Cook
50th Legislative District
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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