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
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
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
Ag plastic recycling program gets extended
Reading Time: < 1 minute The provincial government has anted up another $115,000 to keep a recycling pilot program for grain bags and baler twine going until next year. The Alberta Ag Plastic. Recycle It! pilot, scheduled to end last month, will run until the end of August 2023. “The long-term goal of the group is to expand the pilot […] 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
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
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
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
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
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