Introduction

In 1989 the founders of the Western Rubber Group (WRG) recognized a problem and an opportunity.  Stockpiles of scrap tires were accumulating in British Columbia.  They envisioned a province free of scrap tire piles; where all scrap tires would be turned into useful products rather than taking up space in landfills or being discarded without thought to the local environment.  Today, with the Group employing nearly one hundred people, that vision has come true.

The Western Rubber Group, in conjunction with Pacific Shredding Ltd., collects, transports and processes scrap passenger, light truck and medium truck tires from all over British Columbia. The Group includes Western Rubber Products Ltd., Delta Fine Grind Ltd. and Island Tire Recycling Ltd. The collection and processing of nearly 100% of BC’s scrap tires are handled by the Group which operates from 3 locations, with 75,000 square feet under roof on 5 acres in total, producing 45 to 50 million pounds of crumb rubber products annually.

Through extensive in-house R&D, innovation and design, not to mention its committed employees, the Group has created the largest whole tire to crumb rubber facility in North America.

WRG’s Mission Statement has guided us on this adventure: “We want to provide an economic tire derived product solution for scrap tires in a way which all stakeholders are treated in a fair, honest and open manner. We seek to earn fair profit and our success will be demonstrated by the consistent quality of our products and measured by long term relationships with our customers, employees and suppliers.”