Reading Time: < 1 minute Producers in the northern half of Alberta can drop off old livestock/equine medications as well as unwanted agricultural pesticides next month. Cleanfarms partners with the Canadian Animal Health Institute for livestock/equine medications, which need to have a DIN number, serial number, notification number or Pest Control Product number on the label. One-day collections will take […] Read more
Time to clean the plastic out of your shed
Farm retailers taking over collection of ag plastic jugs
Dropping off jugs at ag retailers will be more convenient, says organization that runs recycling program
Reading Time: 2 minutes The locations for dropping off ag plastic jugs in Alberta is being moved entirely to ag retailers instead of municipal landfills and transfer stations, says the organization that runs the recycling program. “Transitioning to a retail-based collection for the jug program shifts responsibility to accept empty containers from Alberta municipalities to the ag industry, which […] Read more
Producers filling the ag ‘blue box’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers are embracing recycling of ag plastic and packaging like never before, says Cleanfarms, the non-profit that operates 1,500 recycling collection sites across the country. “For example, the numbers of small plastic pesticide and fertilizer jugs climbed by about 700,000 containers to 6.2 million containers collected for recycling, up a full 12.5 per cent over […] Read more
Recycle those ag containers
Reading Time: < 1 minute The ag recycling season is underway as more than 1,500 collection sites across the country are now accepting empty single-use pesticide and fertilizer containers. The program, operated by the non-profit organization Cleanfarms, has collected more than 143 million containers over the past three decades. Recycled plastic from the jugs is made into products such as […] Read more
So just where do old jugs, bale wrap and twine end up?
Some become drainage tile and fence posts but the markets for recycled plastic vary widely
Reading Time: 3 minutes Recyclers really like your old pesticide and fertilizer jugs. But your grain bags, not so much. And demand for twine, silage bags, and bale wrap isn’t hot at all. That’s the upshot of a new report from Cleanfarms, the national non-profit created to find ways to deal with ag plastic waste and keep it out […] Read more
Dispose of old livestock medications safely
Reading Time: < 1 minute During the week of Oct. 25-29, producers can dispose of obsolete livestock, equine and poultry medications safely and securely at 20 locations in the southern half of Alberta. However, the drop-off at each location is for one day only (from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) so producers should check the map at the ‘Unwanted agricultural […] Read more
There’s a mountain of plastic waste but Cleanfarms aims to conquer it
Organization says 62,000 tonnes of ag waste is created annually and only a tenth is recycled
Reading Time: 3 minutes A mountain of plastic waste comes off Canadian farms each year — nearly 62,000 tonnes annually. But even though Cleanfarms currently diverts only a small fraction of that pile into recycling, the organization wants to one day see all of it collected and recycled. That’s why it commissioned a study to identify the types and […] Read more
Cleanfarms collection coming in October
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cleanfarms will be running one of its collection events in southern Alberta this October. The organization rotates its collection program so events return to regions every three years. Producers can drop off old or unwanted ag pesticides (identified with a Pest Control Product number on the label) as well as livestock/equine medications (identified with a […] Read more
Pandemic didn’t slow recycling efforts
Reading Time: < 1 minute Despite the challenges of a year restrained by the pandemic, Canadian producers returned more than 5.5 million pesticide and fertilizer jugs 23 litres and smaller in 2020. That’s on par with 2019 numbers. Last year’s collection brought the total number of jugs recovered for recycling since the beginning of the program in 1989 to more […] Read more
Treating used plastic as a resource is key for farmers
Zero waste is an achievable goal for ag plastics and one that we are already pursuing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers earn their living from the land, and they work hard making sure their fields and farms remain healthy, well managed and free from litter and waste. This is an investment that benefits all of Canada, given the importance of our agricultural industry to feed our country and the world. While necessary to Canada’s agricultural […] Read more
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