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Eddie Pinelli

Owner of County Auto in Haliburton County, Ontario, and former Fixed Operations Manager at Minden Subaru; featured on County Closeup discussing Ontario's used tire recycling program.

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Sep 30, 2026

Used Tires Piling Up

Sep 30 · 11m

Elizabeth OakleyHOST

0:51

He questions what the disposal fee customers pay at the point of sale is being used for, since regular pickups have decreased to barely one per year.

Eddie PinelliGUEST

0:59

They came and picked up, we loaded their entire truck.

Eddie PinelliGUEST

1:03

They took 500 tires and there's still like 500 left.

Eddie PinelliGUEST

1:05

As I said, we have the room here, so we're fortunate.

Eddie PinelliGUEST

1:09

Here's the tires, they came about two months ago and we could probably fill up another one of those moving trucks.

Eddie PinelliGUEST

1:15

I believe it was a provincial government.

Eddie PinelliGUEST

1:16

Whoever does the tire recycling program, they used to pay for recycled tires.

9 MINS LATER

Elizabeth OakleyHOST

10:32

Meanwhile, back at County Automotive, Pennelly wonders how effective the tire collection and recycling system is working, considering all the money that's paid into it by businesses like his.