The Ontario Ministry of Environment has confirmed that both the media release is a forgery and that OTR and Mike Moffatt were not charged or convicted of any offense. The Ministry of Environment has called in the Ontario Provincial Police to investigate. The counterfeit media release was faxed from a Staples outlet in Milton, Ontario; the exact number of media releases distributed is unknown.
Mike Moffatt, president of OTR observed, “We are the victim of fraud designed to impugn our business and damage our reputation,” adding, “I have built this company on the basis of meeting or exceeding all government requirements for the collection, storage, sorting and delivery of scrap tires for reuse and recycling. A core value of our business is the assurance to our customers that their scrap tires are being properly managed.”
Ontario Tire Recovery has been at the forefront of promoting the need for a provincial scrap tire stewardship program.
“It’s sad but not surprising,” observes Moffatt, noting, “As a market leader pushing for a higher standard for scrap tire management in Ontario we’ve probably made a few enemies.”
Ontario Tire Recovery is Ontario’s largest scrap tire collector. In 2007, it recovered almost 4 million tires in Ontario, all of which were properly sorted and delivered for reuse, recycling or energy recovery. (Tire Review/Akron)
