In Colombia, used tires are not considered hazardous waste despite being composed of substances with this connotation, which generate negative impacts on health and the environment in case proper management is not performed. Although national regulatory instruments for selective collection systems have been generated, there is little knowledge of aspects related to their management, generation and handling; a situation that increases in low complexity municipalities where--despite its generation--adequate monitoring is not carried out and the supply of collection companies or collection centers is limited. Hence, a study on the management of used tires in low complexity municipalities of the Central Province of the department of Boyacá was carried out in order to inquire about their generation, disposal and management, as well as on the knowledge of selective collection programs, their use, and regulations compliance. Surveys were applied to establishments in 14 municipalities of the province whose commercial activities were related to tires distribution, storage or assembly. Lack of knowledge on the studied subject was identified in the administrators of the evaluated establishments, as well as a lack of rapprochement by tire suppliers of these municipalities. Although there are strategies that allow proper management of used tires, it is necessary to include the different actors involved and increase the incentives or benefits for companies that carry out this process properly, or for those who participate in reuse activities, which would favor the proper management of this type of w aste. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]