May 14

U.S. and Mexican federal and state agencies have signed an agreement to clean up 3.5 million scrap tires that have piled up along border states.

California and Baja California, Mexico, signed the Tire Initiative Collaborative Effort to reduce waste tire piles along the border and develop markets for scrap tires. The initiative is a joint effort by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Mexico´s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

The agencies want to get all ten U.S. and Mexican border states to sign the agreement

The remaining eight -- Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Sonora and Tamaulipas -- plan to sign it at a later date.

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