Huronia Trails and Greenways has a trail program, called Help Trails Grow.

This program is a vehicle-recycling program, which not only has environmental merits by disposing of old vehicles in an environmentally safe manner, but also generates funding for trails in Simcoe County.

Owners of old vehicles can – at no cost – dispose of their vehicles by donating them to the Help Trails Grow program.

Vehicle owners receive a free tow and a minimum $50 tax receipt (more if the car is considered more valuable) and trail initiatives will have access to funding provided by selling the vehicles to a car recycler.

Any old vehicle is suitable for donation, as well as farm equipment, trucks, snowmobiles, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, etc.

Recycling includes the dismantling of vehicles for parts resale and material recycling. It is perhaps not well known that by weight, 75 per cent of an average car’s content can be recycled or reused, or that parts can be refurbished and sold for up to 50 per cent less than new parts. In addition, reusing and recycling old vehicles saves energy, reduces the risk of contaminating the environment, and creates jobs.

To donate a vehicle, phone 728-4110 and identify yourself as an HTG vehicle donor. Arrangements will then be made to pick up the vehicle at no cost to the vehicle owner. The car recycler will contribute a minimum of $50 per vehicle to Huronia Trails and Greenways, who in exchange, will issue a tax receipt to the donor of the vehicle.

Huronia Trails and Greenways will keep half of the proceeds for its own programs, such a trail mapping and promotion, trail patrol, trail signage, and providing assistance with trail building initiatives. The other half of the proceeds will be donated to a local trail initiative in the municipality where the vehicle was picked up.

Most municipal councils in Simcoe County have endorsed the program and are supporting it through their bylaw enforcement officers, or are promoting the program in their newsletter, website, or by disseminating brochures.

Huronia Trails and Greenways is a registered not-for-profit charitable corporation and is the regional co-ordinating body for shared use trail development in Simcoe County. The organization is specifically focused on the completion of the Trans Canada Trail route through Simcoe County, and the promotion of trails for their health, social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits.

For further information click the link provided, contact info@simcoecountytrails.net or call 705-458-4037.