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
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.
Under the 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.
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 1-888-628-7222.
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.
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 Tires | Passenger & Light Truck Tires | Medium Truck Tires |
---|---|---|
$3.00 | $4.50 | $13.50 |
ATVs | "P" - Passenger | Container Trucks |
Go Karts | "LT" - Light Trucks | Transport Trucks |
Golf Carts | "T" - Temporary (donut) | Utility Trucks |
Light duty trailer tires (tires not marked as "ST") | "ST" - Service Trailer | Large 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.
A tire is exempt from recycling fees if:
For more information, please contact Recycle NB at 1-888-322-8473 or 1-506-454-8473.
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 1-888-628-7222. You will need to provide your registration number to request a pickup. If you aren’t currently registered in the program, please register here.