A 30-year-old man is facing charges for illegally dumping thousands of tires in Salt Lake County, posing a significant environmental hazard.
Ivan Cruz, 30, has been accused of picking up tires from a local tire shop and illegally disposing of them, something the Salt Lake County Health Department said can be an environmental hazard. Near the Salt Lake waste facility, you’ll find piles of tires. Some stacked on a bank and others submerged in water.The health department estimates around 6,300 tires have been disposed there, and more than 10,000 tires in total have been dumped in just four spots around Salt Lake.
'They were able to identify some handwriting or some markings on those tires, and through their own research, they were able to identify some tire shops where those matched,” Sgt. Aymee Race with Unified Police said. Race said the tire shop thought the people collecting the tires, one of which police say is Cruz, were recycling them properly. 'On average it's like $4 or something a tire, and this individual came in and offered it at a lower rate,” Race said. 'When a purchase was made of those recycled tires, they were able to actually track those tires to one of the dumping sites,” she said. Police said Cruz admitted to dumping at two of the four sites but denied ever dumping at the other two. 'Dumping anything illegally that's potentially hazardous, including tires, is really unfortunate,” said Nicholas Rupp with the health department. Rupp said tires contain chemicals that can leech into the soil and water and is harmful to wildlife — especially in the spot near the landfill, which is home to some wildlife. 'That particular site, this is the most tires that we have seen there in quite a few years,” Rupp said. The health department asked KUTV not to disclose the exact location of the site, because they said they see more illegal dumping whenever people find out about a spot
ILLEGAL DUMPING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD TIRES SALT LAKE COUNTY WILDLIFE
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