Fresno's Delray Tire and Rubber Bark™ Team Up for Green Initiatives

Below is a press release about the two companies and what they are doing to make their businesses green! 

Fresno Tire Retreading Company Ahead of the Pack on Green Business Practices

FRESNO, CA (January 25, 2011) — Many tires in California only have one life. But for Delray Tire and Retreading Inc., located in Fresno, CA, tires can take on multiple lives by first being retreaded and then recycled and reused for other purposes.

Delray Tire, in an effort to be more environmentally friendly with what is seen as one of the most environmentally unfriendly materials —rubber—sought out a company that could dispose of their tires.  Five years ago, they found a partner in Golden By-Products, Inc. and Rubber Bark™, a rubber mulch company, located about 80 miles northwest in Ballico, CA.

“We were just looking for a stable company with good customer service, but the added benefit is knowing that our junk tires are getting a second life, or third or fourth life,” said Delray Marketing Director Matt Mastriano.

With its green practices, Delray has been able to find new uses for its products, such as giving it to Rubber Bark™ to turn it into playground mulch. Mastriano believes it’s important to reuse the junk tires, noting that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates over 290 million scrap tires are discarded every year.

“You can see how important it is to find ways to lower the impact of that number. I think that what we both do, Delray Tire and Golden By-Products, and milk every last bit of life out of those scrap tires,” said Mastriano.

Delray disposed of over 16,000 tires, including passenger, light truck, and medium truck tires last year. It also retreads up to 20,000 tires a year.

“Delray Tires and Rubber Bark™ have created this partnership because we understand the responsibility to be environmental stewards with our companies,” said Rubber Bark™ CFO Rob Nairn. “It’s important to recycle and reuse as many tires as possible.”