Sacramento, Calif. — The California Integrated Waste Management Board is sponsoring the “Tire-Derived sustainable building product design competition,” presented by the California Exposition and State Fair. The competition provides companies and individuals with an opportunity to create and design innovative products using waste tires that would otherwise end up in California landfills. The design competition is focused on encouraging companies and individuals to develop prototypes of building or landscape products that are designed and crafted with tires, crumb rubber, and/or other tire-derived materials from California's waste stream.

Entry into the competition is free and open to individuals, groups, students, inventors, or companies who reside in California. Completed entry forms must be postmarked or entered on-line by June 24, 2005, and actual, physical entries will be due at the State Fair between July 5 -15, 2005. Complete details of the competition are available at www.itsgoodforcalifornia.com