Reading Time: < 1 minute There are six new drop-off locations in Alberta for recycling grain bags and/or used baler twine. That means there are now 26 collection sites in the province but since not all of them accept both bags and twine, producers should first check the list of collection sites at cleanfarms.ca (click on the Programs by Province […] Read more
Six more collection sites for recycling of grain bags and twine
Farms in the province generate tonnes of both types of plastic each year
Cleanfarms opens office in Lethbridge
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cleanfarms has opened an Alberta office in Lethbridge. The national stewardship organization is best known for its ag-plastics recycling programs for pesticide and fertilizer jugs and totes as well as grain bags. The organization, which has offices in Quebec, Ontario and Saskatchewan, has hired environmental scientist Davin Johnson for the Lethbridge operation. Johnson grew up […] Read more
Recycling options for your used grain bags
Reading Time: < 1 minute Now is a good time for Alberta producers to recycle empty grain bags. Under the newly minted ‘Alberta Ag-plastic. Recycle It!’ program led by the Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group and operated by Cleanfarms, farmers can have empty grain bags and twine recycled. For year one of this three-year pilot, Cleanfarms has established 20 collection sites […] Read more
Dispose of old pesticides and livestock meds
Twenty-six locations named across the province
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cleanfarms is collecting old, unwanted agricultural pesticides and livestock/equine medications in six locations in the Peace region from Oct. 16-18 and at 20 locations in northern Alberta from Oct. 7-11. Materials accepted in the Cleanfarms program include old or unwanted agricultural pesticides (identified with a Pest Control Product number on the label) and livestock/equine medications […] Read more
There’s now a (good) way to deal with grain bags and twine
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many landfills don’t want it and you’re not supposed to burn it — so what do you do with old grain bags and twine? That vexing question led to the creation of the Agricultural Plastics Recycling Group and, now, a $1-million, three-year pilot project that will see about 20 ag plastic recycling depots set up […] Read more
Ag plastic recycling to start this fall
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cleanfarms has been chosen to operate a three-year pilot program to collect grain bags and twine in Alberta for recycling. In its first year, there will be up to 20 collection sites in operation this fall, said Alberta Beef Producers, which helped to choose the national non-profit organization to run the pilot. ABP and the […] Read more
Agricultural plastics not part of federal ban
The federal government’s plan to halt Canada’s consumption of single-use plastics such as shopping bags, straws and stir sticks over the next couple of years won’t extend to farm chemical containers and grain bags. Cleanfarms, the national industry stewardship body operating waste management and recycling programs for agricultural packaging, said Thursday that plastic products such […] Read more
Cleanfarms raises the bar on recycling of ag containers
The stewardship organization wants to recycle 100 per cent of agricultural plastic jugs this year
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the three decades since Cleanfarms began collecting agricultural plastic containers, about 126 million plastic jugs have been recycled into new products instead of being disposed in landfills. The voluntary stewardship program in Prairie communities currently recovers about 65 per cent of the smaller plastic containers (23 litres or smaller) that are placed on the […] Read more
Pilot program to search for solutions for mountain of plastic waste
Thousands of tonnes of old grain bags and twine are burned or put in landfills each year in Alberta
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta Beef Producers has been given a $750,000 grant to co-ordinate a three-year recycling pilot program and look for a permanent solution for dealing with the tonnes of plastic waste generated by farms and ranches every year. The pilot will examine the logistics and costs of recycling grain bags and twine. It will also look […] Read more
Free disposal of old pesticides and medications coming in October
Twenty locations available across the province
Reading Time: < 1 minute Farmers in southern Alberta can dispose of old pesticides or livestock medications at one of 20 locations in October. The chemicals and medications can be dropped off between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the following locations: Oct. 22: South Country Co-op, Vauxhall; Fox Lake Agro Services, Hanna; Richardson Pioneer, Olds; and South Country Co-op, […] Read more
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