Tire Recycling in Newton, KS
The Harvey County Transfer Station takes passenger tires for $3.25 each without a rim.
See all 3 optionsChecked October 26, 2026 · Call before you go · How we check
Before you go
- Ask whether tires on rims cost more.
- Check per-tire fees and how many you can bring at once.
Kansas rules
- Kansas charges an excise tax of 25 cents on each new vehicle tire sold at retail (inner tubes excluded), including new tires on a vehicle sold at retail for the first time. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424d: Tax on new tire sales (opens in new tab)
- The buyer pays the 25-cent new tire tax; the retailer collects it. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424d: Tax on new tire sales (opens in new tab)
More Kansas rules (14)
- Waste tires may not be put in a landfill as a method of final disposal in Kansas, except as KDHE allows by rule or permit. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424a: Waste tires, restrictions on disposal (opens in new tab)
- You may hand waste tires over only to a KDHE-permitted tire business, someone who will put them to a beneficial use, or a tire retailer that collects waste tires from the public in the ordinary course of business. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424a: Waste tires, restrictions on disposal (opens in new tab)
- The new tire tax goes to the state waste tire management fund. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424d: Tax on new tire sales (opens in new tab)
- The waste tire management fund pays for cleaning up illegal tire piles and for grants covering up to 50% of the cost of tire recycling projects and of tire-derived products bought by local governments and schools. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424g: Waste tire management fund (opens in new tab)
- KDHE may allow processed (cut or shredded) waste tires in permitted municipal solid waste landfills and tire monofills, and small numbers of whole tires mixed in with other trash when pulling them out would be hazardous. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424a: Waste tires, restrictions on disposal (opens in new tab)
- Anyone who arranges for someone else to collect or haul waste tires must use a hauler that holds a KDHE waste tire permit. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424b: Waste tire permits and standards (opens in new tab)
- A pile of more than 50 waste tires is an illegal waste tire accumulation unless it is at a permitted or exempt site. Source: K.S.A. 65-3424: Waste tire definitions (opens in new tab)
- Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Source: K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab)
- County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Source: K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab)
- KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Source: K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab)
- KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Source: K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab)
- Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
- KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Source: KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab)
Where this information comes from (24)
Where this information comes from
Checked October 26, 2026
- Bulky Item Pickup (opens in new tab) · City of Newton
- Bulky pickup will not take regular trash, construction materials, hazardous waste, tires larger than passenger car/truck tires, or contractor waste. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Fees (Harvey County Solid Waste) (opens in new tab) · Harvey County
- Tires without rims cost $3.25 each up to 17 inches and $8 for 18-22 inches; with rims $7 and $15. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Harvey County Solid Waste accepts cash, check, credit and debit. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Trash costs $10 for 500 pounds or less for Harvey County customers ($15 out of county). Checked October 26, 2026.
- Household Hazardous Waste and HHW Reuse (opens in new tab) · Harvey County
- Harvey County residents can drop off household hazardous materials such as paints free of charge. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3424d: Tax on new tire sales (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Kansas charges an excise tax of 25 cents on each new vehicle tire sold at retail (inner tubes excluded), including new tires on a vehicle sold at retail for the first time. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The buyer pays the 25-cent new tire tax; the retailer collects it. Checked October 26, 2026.
- The new tire tax goes to the state waste tire management fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3424g: Waste tire management fund (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- The waste tire management fund pays for cleaning up illegal tire piles and for grants covering up to 50% of the cost of tire recycling projects and of tire-derived products bought by local governments and schools. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3424a: Waste tires, restrictions on disposal (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Waste tires may not be put in a landfill as a method of final disposal in Kansas, except as KDHE allows by rule or permit. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE may allow processed (cut or shredded) waste tires in permitted municipal solid waste landfills and tire monofills, and small numbers of whole tires mixed in with other trash when pulling them out would be hazardous. Checked October 26, 2026.
- You may hand waste tires over only to a KDHE-permitted tire business, someone who will put them to a beneficial use, or a tire retailer that collects waste tires from the public in the ordinary course of business. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3424b: Waste tire permits and standards (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Anyone who arranges for someone else to collect or haul waste tires must use a hauler that holds a KDHE waste tire permit. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3424: Waste tire definitions (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- A pile of more than 50 waste tires is an illegal waste tire accumulation unless it is at a permitted or exempt site. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3424i: Tire retailers; requirements (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Kansas tire retailers may not refuse to accept waste tires from customers. Checked October 26, 2026.
- A tire retailer may refuse more waste tires than the customer bought at the time of sale. Checked October 26, 2026.
- A tire retailer may refuse waste tires from a customer buying replacement tires for commercial use if the retailer does not mount them. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3405: County solid waste management plans (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Each Kansas county (or a designated city) must submit a solid waste management plan to KDHE; counties may join regional plans. Checked October 26, 2026.
- County solid waste plans must consider specific programs for wastes such as lead-acid batteries, household hazardous waste, white goods containing CFCs, motor oil and consumer electronics. The law requires consideration, not a program. Checked October 26, 2026.
- K.S.A. 65-3460: Voluntary local hazardous waste programs; grants (opens in new tab) · Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes
- KDHE may coordinate voluntary hazardous waste collection programs and encourages local governments to run household hazardous waste collection, alone or jointly. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE may give grants to help pay for local hazardous waste collection programs, from the state hazardous waste collection fund. Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE: Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program SFY 2024 Report to the Legislature (PDF) (opens in new tab) · Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Bureau of Waste Management
- Part of a hazardous waste treatment fee paid to KDHE by the Ash Grove cement plant in Chanute funds grants to HHW facilities. Checked October 26, 2026.
- Kansas has 45 permanent permitted HHW facilities plus 39 satellite locations (SFY 2024). Checked October 26, 2026.
- KDHE says HHW disposal options are available in 93 Kansas counties, covering over 95% of the population; a few counties have none. Checked October 26, 2026.
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