Utah’s waste-tire program fuels a robust recycling industry, but audit suggests it is falling flat

Back in the early 1990s, illegally dumped waste tires piled up by the millions across northern Utah.Those piles are shrinking, thanks to the state’s tire-recycling program. It is funded by a $1 fee on every new tire sold, but a legislative audit released Wednesday found the program’s goals are not being fully realized.Turns out, Utah motorists are generating far more waste tires than are collected for recycling— despite unused capacity among the four firms authorized to process