Discarded Tires Pollute, and Also Provide a Lovely Home for Mosquitoes

Sometimes people don't know what to do with their old tires, or don't care. They are often discarded haphazardly in the woods, by the water or on the side of the road.

Perhaps the most defining image of pollution over the years has been one of a pile of old tires sitting down by the once-clean river. We've all seen them. Sometimes stacks sit on property, or they are tossed down an embankment, destined to rest there until the end of time. You may not be aware the the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project (CMMCP), which has its headquarters in Northborough, is making efforts to clean up discarded tires. Not only do these tires pollute the environment and look ugly, they are ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes. Thousands of them. "Used tire casings left out in the environment and allowed to hold water provide suitable areas for larval mosquito development, including those species known to carry …

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