To Prevent Zika, US and Mexico Join Forces to Clean Up Discarded Tires Jean Guerrero - KPBS
go to original May 14, 2016

Every year, environmentalists rush to clean up hundreds of discarded tires that flow into southern San Diego County from Mexico through the Tijuana River. But whenever it rains, the tires pile up again.

A new binational collaboration led by the organization Wildcoast aims to stop the tires from washing into the U.S. The pilot program, which launched this week, aims to collect and shred up to 100,000 tires in Tijuana. The tires will be sold for reuse by a Mexican commodities company.

The initiative brings together government officials, business leaders and environmentalists from both sides of the border.

Read more at KPBS

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