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Monday, December 1, 2003

After four years of operation, the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians may shut down its tire-recycling plant.

At first business was good for First Nation Recovery Inc. The tribe was paid $20 a ton to take old tires, which it then recycled into rubber and sold. The Firestone recall of 2000 meant a steady stream of revenue.

But the tribe and others in California blame Canada, which subsidizes recyclers, and a glut on the rubber market for dropping prices. The tribe only gets 10 cents a pound for crumb rubber, but says it needs 15 cents to turn a profit.

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Effort to Recycle Discarded Tires Losing Traction in State (The Los Angeles Times 12/1)
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First Nation Recovery Inc. - http://www.cabazonindians.com/fnri.html

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