I'm sure like with anything else, what is supposed to happen and what
actually happens varies widely.

I recently had 11 steel Vanagon wheels with dead tires to get rid of. I
tried giving them away but no takers. I tried to find a legal place to
dispose of them near me, but no luck.

In the end I paid a low end tire shop $5 per wheel to take them off my
hands. $55 to let me drop them off at their shop.

Mark