Tire Program

Tire Program

Tire Recycling Program Overview

The Government of New Brunswick established the Tire Stewardship Program in 1996 under the New Brunswick Tire Stewardship Board (NBTSB). In 2008, the NBTSB was replaced by Recycle New Brunswick following the enactment of the Designated Materials Regulation 2008-54 under the Clean Environment Act. At that time, Recycle NB took over management of the Tire Stewardship Program. In July 2024, the Government of New Brunswick repealed Regulation 2008-54, replacing it with Designated Materials Regulation 2024-37. The tire stewardship program is now governed by Regulation 2024-37.

According to Designated Materials Regulation 2024-37, any person who supplies tires in New Brunswick must register with Recycle New Brunswick. The Tire Stewardship Program is funded through the recycling fees paid by consumers when purchasing new tires in New Brunswick. Tire suppliers are required to remit the fees to Recycle NB.

Tire suppliers also serve as collection depots for used tires. Consumers may drop off up to five used tires to any supplier who sells tires. Recycle NB contracts the Tire Recycling Atlantic Canada Corporation (TRACC) in Minto to collect the tires, transport them to the tire recycling plant in Minto and process them into new rubber products.

Suppliers may request scrap tire collection service from TRACC by calling 1-506-327-4355.


eSRP Enrollment

Recycle New Brunswick is excited to introduce tire retailers to a better way to manage their tire collections! The eSRP mobile app is designed to make the process of recycling tires more efficient by eliminating paperwork and streamlining operations for both retailers and collectors.

If you require tire pick-ups, please enroll in the eSRP mobile app to receive your unique Collector QR code. Your code should be displayed in a visible location at your business where drivers can scan it at the time of tire pick-up.

How eSRP works

  • The driver scans your QR code. This contains your location details and business name.
  • The driver enters the number of tires collected and asks you to initial and confirm the pick-up on their device.
  • You receive an automatic email receipt with the pick-up details, including location, tire count, and driver information.

Your QR code is essential for streamlining your tire pick-ups moving forward. Please ensure it is displayed in a visible location.

For more information, please contact tires@recyclenb.com.

Click here to enroll in the mobile app!

Click here to log in to the web app.

Tire Suppliers

Under Designated Materials Regulation 2024-37 of the Clean Environment Act, no supplier shall supply a new tire to another person in New Brunswick unless the person holds a valid registration as a supplier or is acting under the authority of a person who holds a valid registration as a supplier.

A person supplies a tire if the person disposes of or offers to dispose of any interest in a tire, by any of the following means:

(a) sale, whether conditional or otherwise;
(b) exchange;
(c) replacement;
(d) barter;
(e) lease or rental, whether with an option to purchase or otherwise;
(f) gift.

“New tire” means a tire supplied separately or with a machine or device but does not include a retreaded tire or a used tire.

“Scrap tire” means a tire that is no longer suitable for its original intended purpose because of wear, damage, defect.

“Tire” means a tire that is inflatable, other than a tire that is used or intended to be used on a cycle, a wheelbarrow or another machine or device that is propelled solely by human or animal power.

A tire shall be deemed to be new from the time of its manufacture until immediately after it is first supplied by a supplier anywhere.

Restriction on supply of scrap tires

No person shall import a scrap tire into the Province unless the person has first obtained the written permission of Recycle NB to do so.

For more information about the Tire Stewardship Program, please contact Recycle NB at 1-888-322-8473 or 1-506-454-8473.

Registration

If you are a supplier of new tires in the province of New Brunswick, you are required under Designated Materials Regulation 2024-37 to register your business with Recycle NB.

To register online, please click here.

To download the Tire Fees Poster, please click here.

To download Tire Fee Remittance Forms, please click here.

Once registered, you will be eligible to request scrap tire collection services through our contractor, TRACC, in Minto, NB. To arrange to have your scrap tires picked up, please call TRACC directly at 1-506-327-4355.

NEW! Recycle New Brunswick is excited to introduce tire retailers to a better way to manage their tire collections! The eSRP mobile app is designed to make the process of recycling tires more efficient by eliminating paperwork and streamlining operations for both retailers and collectors.

If you require tire pick-ups, please enroll in the eSRP mobile app to receive your unique Collector QR code. Your code should be displayed in a visible location at your business where drivers can scan it at the time of tire pick-up.

Click here to enroll in the mobile app.

Click here to log in to the web app.

Fees

New Brunswick’s Tire Stewardship program is funded through environmental fees. Consumers pay a small fee on each new tire and on used vehicle tires when a vehicle is imported into New Brunswick. The funds cover the costs associated with the collection and recycling of the tires.

A list of the tire recycling fees for tires covered under the program follows:

Motorcycle & Moped TiresPassenger & Light Truck TiresMedium Truck
Tires
$3.00$4.50$13.50
ATVs"P" - PassengerContainer Trucks
Go Karts"LT" - Light TrucksTransport Trucks
Golf Carts"T" - Temporary (donut)Utility Trucks
Light duty trailer tires (tires not marked as "ST")"ST" - Service TrailerLarge RV
Mini or Pocket Bikes All other medium and heavy commercial truck/bus configurations
Mopeds Commercial truck tires designed for use on truck and bus vehicles typically in excess of 10,000 lbs GVW including wide base or heavy truck tires designed for truck/bus applications and larger RV tires not marked "P" or "LT"
Motorcycles  
Powered Scooters  
Approved lawn and garden equipment (snow blowers, lawn tractors, rototillers, and similar equipment tires)  

The tire recycling fee must be paid on all tires, regardless of your tax status, unless the tire is exempt under the program. For a list of exempt tires, please see Fee Exemptions.

Fee Exemptions

A tire is exempt from recycling fees if:

  • The tire has a regular retail value (non-sale price) of less than $30 (exclusive of HST). If the tire was sold on a vehicle or piece of equipment, then use the tire’s replacement value.
  • The tire is less than 8” or greater than 24.5” in rim size.
  • The tire is not air-filled.
  • The tire is used on a human powered cycle, wheelchair or medical motorized device.
  • The tire is used on an aircraft.
  • The tire is used on a wheelbarrow or other human or animal powered device.
  • The tire is recapped, retreaded or used. Tires on a vehicle imported into New Brunswick are subject to the tire recycling fee.
  • The tire is designated with a tread code of C (Compactor), E (Earthmoving), G (Grader), L (Loader) or IND (Industrial).

For more information, please contact Recycle NB at 1-888-322-8473 or 1-506-454-8473.

Collection

The Tire Stewardship Program operates year-round. Recycle NB contracts TRACC in Minto to pick up tires at retailers across the province.

Tires must be off rims, free of debris, and easily accessible for a transport truck to be eligible for pickup by TRACC.

Registered tire suppliers can arrange a pickup by contacting TRACC directly at 1-506-327-4355. You will need to provide your registration number to request a pickup. If you aren’t currently registered in the program, please register here.

Frequently Asked Questions

Tire dealers should accept tires from the public. Sales numbers do not have to exactly match or exceed the number of tires picked up for recycling. Tire dealers selling a used or retread tire will not charge a fee on that tire, but should accept the old tire for recycling.
You do not charge a recycling fee. The consumer paid the recycling fee when the tires were purchased.
You do not charge a recycling fee as the consumer paid the fee at the time of purchase.
If you replace a tire under warranty for any portion of the cost (example: prorated) then you must collect a fee from the consumer and include it in your remittance to Recycle NB. If you replace a defective tire under warranty at no cost to the consumer, then the warrantor (retailer or manufacturer) must cover and remit the fee.
If tires or a vehicle are delivered to another province (from NB) or shipped out of the province of NB, then no fee is charged. Likewise, if a new vehicle is shipped and sold out of the province of NB or the bill of sale has an out-of-province address and taxes are paid upon the customer's return to that province, then no fee is charged for the tires on that vehicle. If a vehicle is ordered from out of the province to sell in NB, the fee applies.

​At this time, there is no fee on oversized and industrial tires that are over 24.5 inches rim size. Therefore, they are not included in the tires sent for recycling. If you are dealing in these tires, please continue to dispose of them as you have in the past.
No matter how the costs are distributed, if new tires are sold to a consumer, then you must collect and remit the appropriate tire-recycling fee for every tire sold.
The recycling fee is charged on tires sold as part of a new vehicle (sold or leased, including any temporary tires). The recycling fee is charged on tires on a used vehicle if new tires were put on the vehicle to sell it or if the vehicle was imported to New Brunswick.
Remittance forms and fees, made payable to Recycle New Brunswick, must be submitted within 30 days of the end of each month for the value of recycling fees collected each month, but the HST collected on the fee is sent to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Legislation

Clean Environment Act
Designated Materials Regulation 2008-54
Designated Materials Regulation 2024-37

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All rights reserved.