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In 2003 under the prodding’s of IIHW board members Dr.
Reed Christensen and Robert Sparrow the Institute convinced
Rio Verde University to consider a major commitment by joining
with it in creating the Tire Mountain of New Mexico used tire
recycling project.
Fitting into the mission of the Institute, which
is an ‘environmental and nutritional research base Institute’, Tire
Mountain became a reality. In late 2002 the IIHW had acquired
80 acres by way of donation from Sunnyside Farms, Inc., in Columbus,
New Mexico. Because of it’s rural location members immediately felt
this would be an exceptional place to create a recycling research
and processing center. The project centers around the concept of
finding ways to make tire recycling ‘environmently beneficial,
economically viable, while showing the potential for commercial
application across the country.
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