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Free Tire Drop Off

By Katie Orr / Anchor

Published June 19, 2009 at 6:14 AM PDT

This story was published more than 15 years ago.

Free Tire Drop Off

People living in San Diego will be able to drop off old car tires for free Saturday at Mira Mesa High School.

People living in San Diego will be able to drop off old car tires for free Saturday at Mira Mesa High School.

The city’s received a $24 thousand grant from the state to put on the event. City residents can drop off up to 20 car and pick-up tires. Normally it costs $50 to drop off tires at the Miramar Landfill and they must be shredded or cut up so they take up less space. Tires collected at the event will be used as fuel for a cement plant in San Bernardino County. They may also be recycled and used in roadways, playgrounds, and other rubber products. The event is part of a larger state wide effort to keep tires from being improperly discarded in landfills. The tire recycling event will run between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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Having grown up in the San Diego neighborhood of University City, Katie Orr is back in familiar territory as KPBS’ Metro Reporter. She previously worked at WVXU in Cincinnati, Ohio where she served as a reporter and announcer, as well as host of the award winning Cincinnati Edition. She has also reported for WNIN in Evansville, Indiana and for Four Corners Broadcasting in Durango, Colorado. Katie has been recognized by the Indiana and Ohio chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists for her work as well as by the Hearst Journalism Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards. Katie graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in 2003.

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