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Young Farmers and Agrecovery Rural Recycling have joined forces to encourage you to recycle your plastic farm waste, protecting both your land and our environment.
According to a recent report by Environment Canterbury potentially around 700,000 kg of containers are burned, buried in a farm pit or stockpiled in Canterbury each year.
What could that figure be for the whole of NZ? 3 million? 4 million? That’s a lot of containers every year!
Thanks to the support of nearly 60 brand owners, Agrecovery offers a free recycling programme for more than 3,000 commonly used agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene containers. Instead of being burned or dumped, your empties could be recycled to "go another round"!
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Congratulations to the winners of our collection site promotions for November 2013. Taupiri – collection site promotion – Nacre Maiden, Morrinsville Rotorua – new collection site – Warwick Brown, Rotorua Wellsford – new collection site – Shaun Smart, Wellsford Enjoy spending your prezzy cards!
Environment Canterbury are reminding farmers that after 1 January 2014, they will not be allowed to burn agricultural plastics including agrichemical containers and agricultural wrap.
Getting a handle on non-natural rural waste in Canterbury Rural waste is poorly understood. The types and volumes of waste produced and the way it is managed remainssomewhat of a mystery, unlike urban waste management, which has been the primary focus of waste managers for the last few decades. Logistically and financially, good waste management is a difficult proposition for the majority of farmers and, anecdotally, this results in the adoption of less-than-desirable waste management practices, which may be impacting on our environment. In 2012, Environment Canterbury commissioned scoping studies to investigate the management of non-natural rural waste (non-organic, solid waste) generated by farms and agribusinesses in the region. The preliminary studies found that very little rural waste data exists ...
Local Taranaki businesses are supporting Agrecovery Rural Recycling collections for plastic containers in Okato, Waverly and Inglewood with three container collection events. According to Agrecovery, empty, triple rinsed containers from nearly 60 participating manufacturers of agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene products are free to recycle at the events. The collections will be held at Coastal Wrapping in Okato on 5th November and at RD1 in Waverly and Inglewood on 6th and 7th November respectively. There will be BBQs at RD1 and anyone recycling at the events will enter one of three prize draws. “Taranaki has really increased their recycling of containers through Agrecovery over the last couple of years – from just under 300 kg in 2010-11 up to ...
Farmlands Rotorua is supporting the push for sustainability and environmental best practice by hosting an Agrecovery Container collection site, with the added bonus of a $100 prezzy card up for grabs for those recycling in November. Local farmers, growers, contractors and golf courses can make the most of this recycling programme at the Marguerita Street store which will accept plastic containers on Monday to Fridays, from 8am to 5pm. Empty triple rinsed containers, up to and including 60 litres in size, from nearly 60 brand owners of agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene products can be recycled for free. As an added incentive, anyone recycling containers during November will go in the draw to win a $100 prezzy card ...
The Agrecovery programme is consistent with international best practice and is proud to be affiliated to the Crop Life International (CLI) Container Management Group. The 35 programmes affiliated to CLI, including Agrecovery, together recovered 64,000 tonnes of plastic in 2011. According to CLI using this recycled plastic vs new plastic saves energy equal to 120 million litres of gasoline – equivalent to removing 22,000 cars from the road per year! If you can’t see this image, click here for the pdf (courtesy of CLI): Infographic – Container Management September 2012
Local businesses Farmlands, PGG Wrightson and Ruahehu Farm Supplies are all supporting an Agrecovery Rural Recycling initiative in Taihape on Tuesday 12th November. The Agrecovery collection event for agrichemical and animal health plastic containers will be held at Farmlands on Linnet Street, between 9am and 4pm, where there will also be a BBQ and prize draw to encourage farmers to bring their containers in. According to Agrecovery, empty, triple rinsed containers from nearly 60 participating manufacturers of agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene products are free to recycle at the three collection days. “While we have over 70 fixed collection sites across the country it’s simply not possible to have one in every rural centre, so that’s where these collection ...
Farmlands Wellsford is supporting the push for sustainability and environmental best practice by hosting an Agrecovery Container collection site, with the added bonus of a $100 prezzy card up for grabs for those recycling in November. Local farmers, growers, contractors and golf courses can make the most of the recycling programme at the Centennial Park Road store which will accept plastic containers on Monday to Fridays, from 8am to 5pm. The site replaces that at Lawrie Road Transfer Station in Warkworth which was only open one day a month. “The new site offers users much great convenience – longer opening hours and a more suitable location should increase the volume of containers recycled locally,” says Duncan Scotland of Agrecovery. Empty ...
