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Copart Clears Over 1 Million Scrap Tires from Property Acquired in Texas

May 18, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tires on San Antonio property acquired in January posed fire and Zika risks

Copart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPRT) announced the completion of the successful clearance of all scrap tires at the former Safe Tire Disposal Corp. facility at 11150 Applewhite Road in San Antonio, Texas. 

Tires formerly stored at the former Safe Tire Disposal Corp. site.

Copart acquired the San Antonio property in January, promising to fund and oversee the clearing of abandoned tires on the 36-acre property, alleviating the threat of fire and mosquito-borne diseases.

“Copart has removed a major blight and safety hazard from San Antonio, living up to our

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Comments

  1. Gene81801900 says

    May 18, 2018 at 11:37 am

    Good for you Co-Part. Thank you for protecting the communities near this environmental disaster.

  2. rwinfrey@spcc.edu says

    May 22, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    And the other company was supposed to be safely recycling wow.!

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