RD1 have shown their support for on-farm sustainability and environmental best practice by hosting an Agrecovery container collection site for the disposal of participating brand on-farm plastic containers at their RD1 Taupiri store. There are seventy Agrecovery collection sites across the country including ten sites in the Waikato region offering a sustainable recycling solution for empty, triple rinsed plastic containers up to and including the 60L size. The agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene containers are shredded by a mobile processing truck and transported to Auckland or Christchurch where the recycled plastic is most commonly used for underground cable covers. In their 2012/2013 financial year Agrecovery collected 182,331 kg of container plastics – enough to make a 15cm wide cable ...
David Ritchie, 8, of Drumpeel Farms, Otane has become Agrecovery’s latest Champion! David did a fantastic job of creating his Agrecovery Gladiator costume with containers from the family farm. The costume was modelled by David at Hereworth School’s Recyclable and Waste Awards. “Even though I didn’t win it was good fun making my costume with Dad,” said David. All containers were thoroughly cleaned before use.
Rural recycling rates hit a record high in Agrecovery’s last financial year with collection volumes growing by 24 percent and the programme posting its sixth consecutive year of growth. In the 12 months to June 2013, around 8,000 farmers and growers diverted 507 tonnes of empty chemical containers, silage plastics and chemicals for recycling or safe disposal. Other highlights for the year include a 30 percent jump in the number of people using Agrecovery, including a large increase in the number of pastoral farmers, and a 37 percent increase in the volume of unwanted or expired chemicals collected for safe disposal. “We have seen a huge increase in recycling and the responsible disposal of waste chemicals by farmers and growers ...
Waikato farmers and growers set new agrichemical collection record Agrecovery and the Waikato Regional Council collected a record six tonnes of hazardous horticultural, agricultural and veterinary chemicals from Waikato during a regional collection that finished last week. That’s five times the amount collected in the Waikato in 2012 and the largest take back on record for the region since Agrecovery started collecting in 2010. The increase was largely due to the support provided by the Waikato Regional Council and three of the region’s district councils—Waipa District Council, Hauraki District Council and Otorohanga District Council—that funded the recovery of chemicals that usually fall into the user-pays category. In addition, a change in how funding from the Waste Minimisation Fund can be ...
Agrecovery will shortly be holding collections in the Taranaki, Nelson and Tasman regions for unwanted or expired agrichemicals and animal health products.
Booking chemicals in for collection and disposal is simple, safe and in many cases free.
Step 1: Take an inventory — make a note of any unwanted or expired chemicals on your property
(Download an inventory form)
Step 2: Book disposal online or freephone 0800 AGRECOVERY (247 326)
Step 3: Confirmation — Agrecovery will confirm your booking and keep you informed of collection event details
Bookings are required by 23 August 2013.
For household or garden chemicals please contact your local council as these are not subsidised under the Agrecovery Chemicals programme.
Don’t miss out – book your unwanted or expired agrichemicals for disposal ...
The number of farmers and growers joining Agrecovery jumped by over 50 percent during the first quarter of 2013 due to the programme’s recent membership drive putting $5000 in rewards up for grabs. All existing and new Agrecovery members who recycled their plastic agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene containers at any of 70 nationwide collection sites during February and March were put into the draw to win one of ten $500 vouchers to spend at the rural supplier of their choice. The winners, ranging from Cambridge in the north to Balclutha in the south, came from a range of areas within the primary sector including orchards, dairy farms, sheep and beef farms, several vineyards and a golf club. According ...
With Gypsy Day just three weeks away, Agrecovery is encouraging all farmers and sharemilkers leaving their current farm to clear up any recyclable on-farm plastic containers and unused or unwanted agrichemicals now ahead of the big move. 1 June has become known as Gypsy Day for hundreds of farmers and sharemilkers as dairy farms change ownership, and families move their households, equipment and cattle to new properties. “The next few weeks are a very busy time on New Zealand’s farming calendar. We’re asking everyone who is moving to take a quick look around their property and shed now for any empty containers, drums and unwanted agrichemicals and get it to us so it’s not left as a problem for the ...
The Agrecovery Rural Recycling Programme featured on TV ONE’s Rural Delivery on Saturday 16 March. Duncan Scotland was interviewed about the growth of the programme since its launch, what farmers and growers can recycle and dispose of through Agrecovery and how the service works.
Agrecovery’s chemical collection programme kicks off for 2013 Agrecovery is urging all farmers and growers to take a look in their sheds and get rid of any unwanted or expired chemicals through one of the eight regional agrichemical collections it has planned this year. The first collections for 2013 start shortly in Waikato, Otago and Southland and those wanting to dispose of unwanted chemicals need to book with Agrecovery by 8 March. A collection in Canterbury is also planned shortly afterwards with bookings required by 22 March. Many agrichemicals and animal health products are eligible for free disposal through the support of the 59 brand owners who participate in the Agrecovery programme, while others are subsidised through central government and ...
Waikato and Canterbury lead the way with rural recycling volumes Figures released by the Agrecovery Rural Recycling Programme show that more farmers and growers throughout New Zealand are embracing sustainable farming practices by recycling their waste plastics. In the last six months of 2012 around 6500 Agrecovery members have handed over 75,000kg of container plastic and just under 200,000kg of used silage plastics for recycling with Agrecovery. Agrecovery sales and marketing manager Duncan Scotland says that these volumes represent significant growth in programme uptake across all regions and market sectors. “Total volume across all materials is around 65% higher than a year ago, while the volume of silage plastics collected has nearly doubled. The waste materials collected just in the ...
