[DEAD] Tire Re-use Act

[Dolor Mortis]

Tire Reuse Act
Category: Environment
Business Affected: Manufacturing
Author: Dolor Mortis

The World Assembly:

Having observed that current tire manufacturing standards have led to a buildup of tires unable to be properly recycled,

Shocked that for the past century, old tires were left in landfills,

Shocked that one of the only ways to dispose of these tires was to burn them,

Concerned that this disposal method will increase CO2 levels,

Applauding the modest recycling methods to reduce the amount of tires, without polluting the atmosphere, such as:

• Shredding them,
• Using them as baselayers for landfills to prevent leaks,

Seeking to continue these methods, and improving them by adding several alternative methods of disposal, such as:

• Using tires in swings, linings in playgrounds, and beds in gardens,
• Reusing whole innertubes as swim flotation devices and and in other tires,
• Or introducing materials into the tire manufacturing process to allow easier disposal,

Hereby

1. Demands member nations increase their recycling efforts;

2. Asks member nations to monitor atmospheric pollution caused by tire burnings;

1. Sending all relevant data to the WAEA,

3. Emphasizes the importance of reducing pollution, and that member nations have the right to solve it in environmentally friendly matters;

4. Declares that member nations provide places that allow their people to drop-off tires, if none are available;

5. Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority to:

1. Collect the data and analyze it,
2. Give yearly reports to member nations that explain how to improve their recycling efforts,
3. Monitor the changes and adjust accordingly,
4. Highlight important disposal methods,

6. Condems nations whose refusal to act will endanger the environment;

Urges nations to promote efforts to improve discarded tire reuse and recycling such as:

1. Using innertubes in other tires, or swimming rafts,
2. Using discarded tires as swings,
3. Increasing the use of rubber composites in cement,

2. Encourages nations to reduce discarded tire pollution, in ways such as:

1. Filtering CO2 out during the burning processes using PEI(polyethylimine)
2. Adding alternative materials into the manufacturing process to facilitate easier recycling,

Observing that most tires currently being manufactured are not environmentally sustainable past a certain point,

Clarifying that this cutoff point is when tires are no longer useblse on vehicles, and are put in landfills,

Noting that discarded tires are harmful due to their detrimental effects, such as leeching metals into the surrounding environment, and intentional combustion to provide fuel or to generate power,

Seeking to galvanize efforts to reuse and recycle discarded tires, reduce pollution, and promote eco-friendly alternatives to tire manufacturing,

Hereby

1. Urges nations to promote efforts to improve discarded tire reuse and recycling;

2. Encourages nations to reduce discarded tire pollution;

3. Encourages nations to introduce eco-friendly tire alternatives;

4. Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority(WAEA) to:

1. Prohibit unneeded tire combustion, except burning tires as fuel, or their use in chemical manufacturing processes, and closely monitoring the waste within the surrounding environment,
   1. Monitoring atmospheric pollution by an air quality index,
2. Fine nations who allow unneeded tire combustion.

Observing that tires currently being manufactured are not environmentally sustainable in the long run,

Noting that old and worn tires are being used in alternative ways, such as swings, sandbox linings, and in cement, and commends the effort,

Noting further, that changing the manufacturing of tires by introducing eco-friendly components that allow easier recycle and reuse rates, is not an easy or inexpensive task,

Seeking to improve the tire reuse rates and reduce the price of manufacturing eco-tires, by increasing the type of rubber recycling options and devulcanization materials,

Defines for the purposes of this draft
Devulcanization: a process which, if successfully done, can effectively break the sulfur-carbon chains in rubber, making it malleable,

Pyrolysis: burning of tires to convert it to fuel or other products


Hereby


1. Urges nations to increase the use of unsalvageable tires, either by continued use in innovative ways, or used in cement mixtures as a a bonding agent;

2. Establishes the World Assembly Environment Authority to:
A. Urge member nations to research viable and inexpensive solutions to reduce the ecological impact of reusing unsalvageable tires, and the environmental impact of burning tires;

1. Introducing eco-friendly components,
2. Reducing the amount of tires burned annually by using them in other places,

B. Encourages member nations to continue recycling tires;

C. Prohibits unneeded and damaging pyrolysis except in controlled circumstances;

1. Introduces eco-friendly components, such as high-tensile fabrics and high strength plastics into the manufacturing process,
A. High strength plastics for integration with tire treads
B. High tensile fabrics for integration with tire walls
2. Introduces a viable devulcanization technique, which will,
A. Effectively break the sulfur-carbon bonds within tires,
I. By increasing the manufacturing of these materials or researching them,
3. Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority(WAEA), to preside over the devulcanization techniques, and enforce the safeguards in which to do them,
A. Specifically, the use of pyrolysis to effectively render tires as a source of fuel,

Observing old and unusable rubber tires sitting on the sides of highways, abandoned in forests and left in streams and rivers,

Further noting that these tires can cause environmental damage and commends the recycling efforts to reduce them,

Clarifying that the proposal does not wish to prevent the wholesale manufacturing of tires, but simply use alternative methods of reducing their impact on the environment,

Defining for the purposes of this legislation,

• Economically viable: as much as an individual nation can put towards the solution of the problem, without creating a financial crisis, and complying within the specified parameters set by the WAEA.
• Environmentally friendly: causes the least amount of environmental damage, within an acceptable margin. The margin will be decided by the WA Environmental Authority.

Hereby,

1. Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority (WAEA), to ascertain the acceptable margins for damage to the environment;
   The WAEA shall have the necessary power to:
   
   1. Establish the specified causes of environmental damage due to sitting tires, which are;
      
      1. Breakdown of rubber by UV rays releases harmful and carcinogenic chemicals into the surrounding area,
      2. Tires in forests leach chemicals into the ground, restricing growth and contaminating healthy soil,
      3. Tires in waterways leach high concentrations of metals and other non-biological products, which accumulate in higher amounts in the upper food chain,
   2. Keep records of the negative impacts on the environment, and encourages WA nations to do the following:
      
      1. collect yearly soil samples near highways and other places where tires have sat for a period of 10 years or more,
      2. collect yearly water table samples, near landfills and highways, to find the extent of metal seepage,
   3. Ascertain the severity of the impacts from the collected samples, and recommend the needed changes to prevent further damage;
   4. Send inspectors and regulators to review the integration and production of eco-friendly tires, and assist where possible;
2. Establishes the limits of pollution in surrounding environments;
   
   1. In the surrounding soils, 150 ppt(parts per thousand) for permissibility, and 300 ppt for toxicity,
   2. In the surrounding waterways, 100 ppt for permissibility and 175 ppt for toxicity,
3. Mandates that WA nations begin production of eco-friendly tires, within economic limits;
4. Encourages the use of 30% of unused standard tires in alternative and resourceful ways, within 10 years;

Observing old and unusable rubber tires sitting on the sides of highways, abandoned in forests and left in streams and rivers,

Further noting that these tires can cause environmental damage and commends the recycling efforts to reduce them,

Clarifying that the proposal does not wish to prevent the wholesale manufacturing of tires, but simply use alternative methods of reducing their impact on the environment,

Defining for the purposes of this legislation,

• Economically viable: as much as an individual nation can put towards the solution of the problem, without creating a financial crisis, and complying within the specified parameters set by the WAEA.
• Environmentally friendly: causes the least amount of environmental damage, within an acceptable margin. The margin will be decided by the WA Environmental Authority.

Hereby,

1. Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority (WAEA), to ascertain the acceptable margins for damage to the environment;
   The WAEA shall have the necessary power to:
   
   1. Establish the specified parameters for environmental damage caused by sitting tires, which are;
      
      1. Breakdown of rubber by UV rays releases harmful and carcinogenic chemicals into the surrounding area;
      2. Tires in forests leach chemicals into the ground, restricing growth and contaminating healthy soil;
      3. Tires in waterways leach high concentrations of metals and other non-biological products, which accumulate in higher amounts in the upper food chain;
   2. Keep records of the negative impacts on the environment, and encourages member WA members to prevent them,
   3. Ascertain the severity of the impacts, and recommend the needed changes to prevent further damage.
2. Mandates WA members to dispose of unusable tires in economically viable and environmentally friendly ways by sending statistical analysis reports to the WAEA, specifically:
   
   1. Reports on the number of tires sitting in non-disposal areas,
   2. Reports on the number of tires being produced with the provided environmental modifications,
   3. Reports on the severity of pollution in said lakes and rivers, and their changes every six months,
   4. Reports on tire use and lifespan, and extending both to a minimum of 30 years,
3. Encourages WA members to use in old tires creative or innovative ways, by either using them as garden or sandbox linning, swings in parks, or as patio furnishings;
4. Mandates that WA nations, in order to prevent further damage, listen to and improve on the feedback from the WAEA, and institute environmenally friendly tire production;
   1. The enforcement of feedback is up to the individual nations, but every six months the WAEA will send inspectors to approve or refute the changes, and to change policies as needed,
5. Prohibits WA nations from increasing the amount of tires not approved by the WAEA, or a dramatic shift in the discarding of tires any where but a landfill,
6. Prohibits WA nations from buying tires of non-WAEA standards from other WA nations, or from non-WA nations, and imposes a 30% import duty on the offender,

Observing old and unusable rubber tires sitting on the sides of highways, abandoned in forests and left in streams and rivers,

Further noting that these tires can cause environmental damage and commends the recycling efforts to reduce them,

Clarifying that the proposal does not wish to prevent the wholesale manufacturing of tires, but simply use alternative methods of reducing their impact on the environment,

Defining for the purposes of this legislation,

• Economically viable: as much as an individual nation can put towards the solution of the problem, without creating a financial crisis, and complying within the specified parameters set by the WAEA.
• Environmentally friendly: causes the least amount of environmental damage, within an acceptable margin. The margin will be decided by the WA Environmental Authority.

Hereby,

1. Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority (WAEA), to ascertain the acceptable margins for damage to the environment;
   The WAEA shall have the necessary power to:
   
   1. Establish the specified parameters for environmental damage caused by sitting tires, which are;
      
      1. Breakdown of rubber by UV rays releases harmful and carcinogenic chemicals into the surrounding area;
      2. Tires in forests leach chemicals into the ground, restricing growth and contaminating healthy soil;
      3. Tires in waterways leach high concentrations of metals and other non-biological products, which accumulate in higher amounts in the upper food chain;
   2. Keep records of the negative impacts on the environment, and encourages member WA members to prevent them,
   3. Ascertain the severity of the impacts, and recommend the needed changes to prevent further damage.
2. Mandates WA members to dispose of unusable tires in economically viable and environmentally friendly ways by sending statistical analysis reports to the WAEA;
3. Mandates WA members to use in old tires creative or innovative ways, by either using them as garden or sandbox linning, swings in parks, or as patio furnishings;
4. Mandates that WA nations, in order to prevent further damage, listen to and improve on feedback from the WAEA, and institute environmenally friendly tire production;

Tire Reuse Act
Category: Environment
Business Affected: Automotive
Author: Dolor Mortis

The World Assembly:

Observing old and unusable rubber tires still sit in dumps and landfills, and can be damaging to the environment,

Further noting that these tires are taking up space that could be used for other things, and commends the recycling efforts to reduce them,

Further noting that large piles of sitting tires are a fire hazard, and should be prevented,

Defining for the purposes of this legislation,

• Economically viable: as much as an individual nation can put towards the solution of the problem, without creating a financial crisis, and complying within the specified parameters set by the WAEA.
• Environmentally friendly: causes the least amount of environmental damage, within an acceptable margin. The margin will be decided by the WA Environmental Authority.
• ppt: part per thousand

Hereby,

Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority (WAEA), to ascertain the acceptable margins for damage to the environment;
The WAEA shall have the necessary power to:

1. Establish the specified parameters for environmental damage caused by sitting tires, which are;
   
   • Build-up of methane gas above a concentration of 250 ppt, which causes the aforementioned fires;
   • Breakdown of rubber by UV rays releases harmful and carcinogenic chemicals into the surrounding area;
   • Prevention of lower tier decomposition in landfills, and prevents bacteria that do so from existing;
   • Tire fires release harmful gases into the atmosphere, causing nearby acid rain and smog at a concentration of 750 ppm(Parts per million) at STP;
2. Keep records of the negative impacts on the environment, and encourages member WA members to prevent them,
3. Ascertain the severity of the impacts, and recommend the needed changes to prevent further damage.

1. Mandates WA members to dispose of unusable tires in economically viable and environmentally friendly ways by sending statistical analysis reports to the WAEA;
2. Mandates WA members to use in old tires creative or innovative ways
3. Mandates WA nations to prevent further damage by listening to and improving on feedback from the WAEA;
   And
4. Urges WA members to reduce the number of tire fire incidents.

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[Imperial Polk County]

Drane snickers like a twelve-year-old. "I'm sorry, but if your focus is on tires, you really, really, REALLY need to put the word 'tires' in your title."

[Edreland]

"This is quite vague. How do you define an 'out-of-the-box solution'?"

[Dolor Mortis]

"This is quite vague. How do you define an 'out-of-the-box solution'?"

Minion #376 sighs, "We really should put that in, shouldn't we?" One correction later... "Done!" She says triumphantly.

Drane snickers like a twelve-year-old. "I'm sorry, but if your focus is on tires, you really, really, REALLY need to put the word 'tires' in your title."

"Very well, then."

[Separatist Peoples]

Dear World Assembly:

"This is not a letter to your grandma. This is a law."

Encourages WA members to dispose of unusable tires in economically viable and environmentally friendly ways;

"Isolating garbage from the general environment could certainly be considered economically viable and environmentally friendly."

[*]Encourages WA members to use tires in out-of-the-box solutions;

"This is not a letter to your grandma. This is a law. Do not use casual language."

Asks WA members to reduce the number of tire fire incidents below an acceptable margin;

"What is an acceptable margin?"

Defines for the purposes of this legislation,

"Define words before you use them, not after."

Eeconomically viable: as much as an individual nation can put towards the solution of the problem.

"This can be interpreted as requiring a nation to bankrupt itself, or to spend only a dime on such a solution, or anything in between. Be more precise."

Environmentally friendly: causes the least amount of environmental damage, within an acceptable margin. The margin will be decided by the WA Environmental Authority.

"Does the WA Environmental Authority even exist? What criteria will it use to judge impact?"

Out-of-the-box solution: an unusual or weird use of old tires ie. swings, padding, etc[/list]

"Unusual and weird? This is not a letter to your grandma. This is a law. It requires formal language. Creative and innovative works better than unusual and weird.

"All in all, this requires drastic work."

[Dolor Mortis]

Tire Reuse Act
Catagory: Environment
Strength: Mild
Author: Dolor Mortis

Dear World Assembly:

Observing the large amounts of old and unusable rubber tires sitting in dumps and landfills,

Further noting that these tires are taking up space that could be used for other things,

Further noting that large piles sitting tires are a fire hazard, and should be disposed of,

Hereby,

1. Encourages WA members to dispose of unusable tires in economically viable and environmentally friendly ways;
2. Encourages WA members to use tires in out-of-the-box solutions;
3. Asks WA members to reduce the number of tire fire incidents below an acceptable margin;
   And
4. Hopes that used tires in landfills and dumps pile up less and less often.

Defines for the purposes of this legislation,

• Eeconomically viable: as much as an individual nation can put towards the solution of the problem.
• Environmentally friendly: causes the least amount of environmental damage, within an acceptable margin. The margin will be decided by the WA Environmental Authority.
• Out-of-the-box solution: an unusual or weird use of old tires ie. swings, padding, etc

Tire Reuse Act
Catagory: Environment
Strength: Mild
Author: Dolor Mortis

The World Assembly:

Observing the large amounts of old and unusable rubber tires sitting in dumps and landfills,

Further noting that these tires are taking up space that could be used for other things,

Further noting that large piles of sitting tires are a fire hazard, and should be disposed of,

Defined for the purposes of this legislation,

• Economically viable: as much as an individual nation can put towards the solution of the problem, without creating a financial crisis, and complying within the specified parameters set by the WAEA.
• Environmentally friendly: causes the least amount of environmental damage, within an acceptable margin. The margin will be decided by the WA Environmental Authority.
• ppt: part per thousand

Hereby,

Establishes the World Assembly Environmental Authority (WAEA) to ascertain the acceptable margins for damage to the environment;
The WAEA shall have the necessary power to:

1. Establish the specified parameters for environmental damage caused by sitting tires, which are;
   
   • Build-up of methane gas above a concentration of 250 ppt, which causes the aforementioned fire;
   • Breakdown of rubber by UV rays releases harmful and carcinogenic chemicals into the surrounding area;
   • Prevention of lower tier decomposition in landfills, and prevents bacteria that do so from existing;
   • tire fires release gases into the atmosphere, causing nearby acid rain and smog
2. Keep record of the negative impacts on the environment, and encourages member WA members to prevent them,
3. Ascertain the severity of the impacts, and recommend the needed changes to prevent further damage.

1. Encourages WA members to dispose of unusable tires in economically viable and environmentally friendly ways;
2. Encourages WA members to use tires creative or innovative ways;
3. Asks WA members to reduce the number of tire fire incidents,
   And
4. Hopes that used tires in landfills and dumps pile up less and less often.

[Kenmoria]

""Defined" would work better as "Defining" to keep it in line with rest of the clauses."

[Dolor Mortis]

""Defined" would work better as "Defining" to keep it in line with rest of the clauses."

"Thanks for the English lesson!"

[Dolor Mortis]

The ambassador slumps, "It appears we are all out of critics, but to reiterate; what needs to be done to make this proposal up to snuff!" She yells into the camera, seen the world over.

[Grays Harbor]

The ambassador slumps, "It appears we are all out of critics, but to reiterate; what needs to be done to make this proposal up to snuff!" She yells into the camera, seen the world over.

You posted this barely 8 hours ago. Keep your pants on. Drafting takes weeks, even months. Not minutes or hours.

[Dolor Mortis]

*sigh*

I'm in for the long haul, that's a good thing.

I will wait.

[Masurbia]

What does this proposal actually do, besides establishing the WAEA? I see a lot of Encourages and Recommends in the proposal, but how much is being enforced?

[Dolor Mortis]

What does this proposal actually do, besides establishing the WAEA? I see a lot of Encourages and Recommends in the proposal, but how much is being enforced?

"It is supposed to reduce the amount of old tires in landfills and dumps. Should I have the author use a mandates."

[Araraukar]

Observing the large amounts of old and unusable rubber tires sitting in dumps and landfills,

OOC: Do you realize that this isn't really true even in Real Life anymore?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_recycling

In 1990, it was estimated that over 1 billion scrap tires were in stockpiles in the United States. As of 2015, only 67 million tires remain in stockpiles. From 1994 to 2010, the European Union increased the amount of tires recycled from 25% of annual discards to nearly 95%, with roughly half of the end-of-life tires used for energy, mostly in cement manufacturing.

If you want to write a good tyre recycling resolution, at least get to know the RL facts first. They should also give you ideas on what to write on the subject (but don't copy directly, that can get you kicked out of WA).

[Masurbia]

What does this proposal actually do, besides establishing the WAEA? I see a lot of Encourages and Recommends in the proposal, but how much is being enforced?

"It is supposed to reduce the amount of old tires in landfills and dumps. Should I have the author use a mandates."

I'm still new so I don't know how much advice you should take from me but from what I read, this proposal basically does nothing so that would be a good idea.

[Araraukar]

I'm still new so I don't know how much advice you should take from me but from what I read, this proposal basically does nothing so that would be a good idea.

OOC: Actually, for a Mild strength (and in some cases acceptable in Area of Effect categories as well) resolution, "urges" and "encourages" and such are good enough, since a nation can't avoid being urged or encouraged, even if it decides to not act like that. I could urge you to jump off a bridge, but you could (wisely) decide not to.

[Istenvgard]

I admit this could be a legitimate thing but in your draft there is no reason that a nation should follow this except out of the kindness of their heart which isn't always the the best inituative for people

[Araraukar]

I admit this could be a legitimate thing but in your draft there is no reason that a nation should follow this except out of the kindness of their heart which isn't always the the best inituative for people

OOC: Technically the WA resolutions are written into the laws of WA nations upon passing, so people don't have to use up limited proposal space (it's 3500 marks which includes spaces, enter hits and all marks used for code) to invent enforcement methods. It's possible to roleplay as a non-compliant nation, but it's considered very bad form to do so on this forum (mind you, partaking the forum with a non-WA nations is totally ok).

[Masurbia]

I'm still new so I don't know how much advice you should take from me but from what I read, this proposal basically does nothing so that would be a good idea.

OOC: Actually, for a Mild strength (and in some cases acceptable in Area of Effect categories as well) resolution, "urges" and "encourages" and such are good enough, since a nation can't avoid being urged or encouraged, even if it decides to not act like that. I could urge you to jump off a bridge, but you could (wisely) decide not to.

Thanks for clarifying. I never understood what strong and mild meant on resolutions.

[Edreland]

"With the alterations, I admit it is much improved. But I struggle to envision a large body of nations voting for this bill. In its narrowness it does not seem to excite the interests of the Assembly."

[Masurbia]

Mandates WA members to use old tires creative or innovative ways

Grammar error?

[Dolor Mortis]

"With the alterations, I admit it is much improved. But I struggle to envision a large body of nations voting for this bill. In its narrowness it does not seem to excite the interests of the Assembly."

"I could widen the horizon to include all non biodegradable products."

[Dolor Mortis]

Observing the large amounts of old and unusable rubber tires sitting in dumps and landfills,

OOC: Do you realize that this isn't really true even in Real Life anymore?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire_recycling

In 1990, it was estimated that over 1 billion scrap tires were in stockpiles in the United States. As of 2015, only 67 million tires remain in stockpiles. From 1994 to 2010, the European Union increased the amount of tires recycled from 25% of annual discards to nearly 95%, with roughly half of the end-of-life tires used for energy, mostly in cement manufacturing.

If you want to write a good tyre recycling resolution, at least get to know the RL facts first. They should also give you ideas on what to write on the subject (but don't copy directly, that can get you kicked out of WA).

"Origionally it was going to be an act for man-made rubber product disposal"

[Kenmoria]

"The "t' in "tire fires release" should be a capital one."

[Wrapper]

....so people don't have to use up limited proposal space (it's 3500 marks which includes spaces, enter hits and all marks used for code)....

I believe the limit has been increased to 5000 characters.