Tire Recycling in Syracuse, NY

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Checked October 26, 2026

• NYSDEC: Waste Tires (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Tire service centers must accept used tires from customers of about the same size and in the same number as the new tires bought or installed. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • A $2.50 waste tire management and recycling fee applies to each new tire sold, including tires on new vehicles, collected by the tire service at sale. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Tire service centers may also charge up to $2.50 per tire as a separate fee for their own recycling costs; signs must say whether it is separate or included in the tire price. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The fee and mandatory acceptance provisions have been extended several times and currently run until December 31, 2027. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Complaints about a tire seller refusing waste tires or about recycling fees go to the New York State Attorney General's office. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The Waste Tire Management and Recycling Act prohibits land burial of waste tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • New York generates an estimated 18-20 million waste tires a year, about one per person, and DEC regulates their management. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NY Environmental Conservation Law 27-1905: Mandatory tire acceptance; notices (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
  • ECL 27-1905: until December 31, 2027, a tire service with a physical New York location must accept waste tires of about the same size, equal in number to the new tires bought or installed. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Tire services must post a notice that state law requires them to accept waste tires in exchange for an equal number of new tires sold or installed. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NY Environmental Conservation Law 27-1913: Waste tire management and recycling fee (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
  • ECL 27-1913: until December 31, 2027, a $2.50 waste tire management and recycling fee is charged on each new tire sold; it does not apply to recapped tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The waste tire management and recycling fee does not apply to recapped tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Recycling and Composting (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • DEC lists tires among items with New York collection and recycling programs that should be managed outside the recycling bin. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • DEC lists New York collection programs for items that belong outside the recycling bin: beverage containers, carpet, cell phones, e-waste, lead-acid vehicle batteries, mercury thermostats, paint, pharmaceuticals, plastic film, rechargeable batteries and tires. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Household hazardous wastes are household materials that would be regulated as hazardous waste if generated elsewhere; household-generated HHW is exempt from state and federal hazardous waste rules. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Residents can take HHW to authorized HHW collection facilities or HHW collection events hosted by counties and municipalities; DEC has a map and list of permitted facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • If there is no permitted facility nearby, check with your municipality for periodic one- or two-day HHW collection events. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • The state Environmental Protection Fund can pay up to 50 percent of the cost of municipal HHW collection programs. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NY General Municipal Law 120-AA: Source separation and segregation of recyclable or reuseable materials (opens in new tab) · New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
  • General Municipal Law 120-aa required every municipality, by September 1, 1992, to adopt a local law requiring source separation of recyclables (paper, glass, metals, plastics, yard waste) where economic markets exist. Checked October 26, 2026.
• NYSDEC: Recycling Resources (opens in new tab) · New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • DEC tells residents to check local guidance to see which items their program accepts. Checked October 26, 2026.
• OCRRA: Trash & Recycling locations, fees and accepted items (opens in new tab) · Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA)
  • Residential hours are for Onondaga County residents only, delivering their own household materials (not a hauler or contractor); the site serves residents across the county. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Passenger tires up to 20 inches, rims removed, limit 10: $7 each. Checked October 26, 2026.
• OCRRA: Rock Cut Road (opens in new tab) · Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA)
  • OCRRA posts that Rock Cut Road Transfer Station is temporarily closed to residential and commercial customers due to a mechanical issue at the facility where the county’s trash is processed. Checked October 26, 2026.
• OCRRA: How Do I Get Rid Of Tires? (opens in new tab) · Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency (OCRRA)
  • Up to 10 rimless passenger tires per delivery for a fee; no off-road, tractor or over-20-inch tires and no rims at any OCRRA facility. Checked October 26, 2026.
• City of Syracuse: Bulk Item Disposal (opens in new tab) · City of Syracuse Department of Public Works
  • You can request 4 bulk item collections each calendar year. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Accepted: carpets, furniture that is not made entirely of wood, mattresses, tires (4 per calendar year) and bagged trash. Checked October 26, 2026.
  • Schedule a bulk collection by calling Cityline two days in advance at 315-448-CITY (2489). Checked October 26, 2026.

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