Tires disposal in Oregon

What Oregon says to do with tires, read off Oregon DEQ's own page on 2026-08-19.

Oregon law imposes a landfill ban on disposal of whole tires and permits the carriers and storage sites that handle them — you may haul your own waste tires to a processor or a DEQ-permitted disposal site without a carrier permit. Read from Oregon DEQ · checked 2026-08-19

The burial or open burning of waste tires is strictly prohibited (Iowa DNR).

Where to take it

Your county program is listed in Oregon DEQ's county program directory.

The program is Oregon Waste Tire Program. The statute Oregon cites is ORS 459.247 (landfill bans); ORS 459.705 (Waste Tire Storage and Disposal); OAR 340, Chapters 93, 96 and 97.

Counties differ — verify with your local program.


All 50 states: How do you dispose of old tires? — the federal baseline, what happens to it, and every state's rule with the page it was read from.