Joint EPA and SEMARNAT Recycling Efforts Cut Down Mexican Used Tire Dumps Monica Ortiz Uribe - KPBS.org
go to original April 15, 2013

These houses were built in Mexico out of used tires, plastic bottles, and adobe. AMMAC is working to build houses like these in the poor districts around Monterrey, Mexico. AMMAC is a group who dedicates their time to improving the quality of life of the people of Mexico. (AMMACMX)

Recycling efforts are helping reduce health and safety risks posed by tire dumps located in Mexican border cities.

Nearly a decade ago the Environmental Protection Agency and its Mexican counterpart, the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or SEMARNAT, partnered to reduce the number of tires dumped in cities like Tijuana and Nuevo Laredo.

In 2004, the largest dump site sat in Ciudad Juárez, where nearly 5 million tires collected in towering piles on a patch of desert in the city's outskirts. Thanks to recycling, the site now holds less than a million tires.

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