Gisborne sheep and beef farmer, Myles Mullooly credits much of his recycling to his partner Adriana, who he says is a greenie through and through. “I tend to let the drench containers build up, but she whips me along and reminds me to get the containers down to the collection site. It’s great to have a place that will take them and you know they’re actually getting recycled. “We do reuse some of the containers, but there are only so many uses you can find for them. Previously they would have just gone to the dump, so it’s really good to have an alternative. “We are trying to be good custodians of our farm environment, choosing more natural products where ...
Steve Wheeler has the enviable job of Viticulturalist at Mission Estate Winery in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s oldest winery, where wine making and protecting the environment go hand in hand. “We have a strong commitment to sustainable wine growing practices and have been part of Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand since that started up in 1995. Plus, we’re certified to the international environmental standard ISO 14001 and have a number of Biogro certified blocks. “The practical aspects of these programmes mean we have a variety of initiatives such as planting to enhance natural predators and therefore reduce sprays, and introducing sheep to replace mowing. We also use GPS and precision viticulture to measure variations in the soil and grapevine quality across ...
Agrecovery Rural Recycling is returning to Taranaki for three free recycling events for plastic agrichemicals, animal health and dairy hygiene containers. “We’ve moved the timing of the events from November to June, in response to feedback from dairy farmers, who use this time to clear up their properties in preparation for calving,” says Duncan Scotland of Agrecovery. According to Scotland the programme is financially supported by nearly 60 brand owners who, year-round, make it free to recycle the containers of more than 3,000 agricultural products. “We’re also delighted to announce that dairy hygiene and animal health supplier, FIL, will be joining Agrecovery for these events.” Scotland says that participating Agrecovery brand owners make a real commitment to both their customers ...
Agrecovery Rural Recycling will be holding a free collection event in Tuatapere on 14th June to encourage local farmers to recycle their agrichemical and animal health containers. Regular events in rural centres supplement the 70 permanent recycling sites that Agrecovery operates in locations from Kaitaia to Invercargill. “We’re pleased to be coming to Tuatapere.” said Noel Baird, Agrecovery’s South Island coordinator. “The idea was actually brought to us by the Tuatapere Scouts Group, who were keen to link in with our programme to promote recycling in their community and raise funds at the same time. “Agrecovery will donate 50 cents to the Scouts for every eligible container brought in for recycling, so the fundraising potential depends on the level of ...
Agrecovery Rural Recycling will be holding a free collection event in Te Puna on 18th June to encourage farmers, growers and sports turf managers to recycle agrichemical containers. Two recent events held in Taihape and Darfield (Canterbury) collected nearly 5,000 containers that would otherwise have been burned or dumped on properties. “With increasing pressure on farmers to make good environmental decisions we want this free recycling programme to be more accessible and reduce unnecessary burning and dumping of plastic,” says Duncan Scotland of Agrecovery. “We have five permanent sites across the Bay of Plenty in Katikati, Te Puke, Edgecumbe, Opotiki and Rotorua, but we know that Te Puna is also a high use area for agrichemicals, so it makes sense ...
Congratulations to the winners of the Agrecovery Container recycling promotion for February and March 2014! This year’s winners cover the full spectrum of Agrecovery users across the North and South Islands, including sheep and beef farmers, tree seed suppliers, helicopter sprayers, viticulturalists, onion growers, and grain brokers. Between them, the ten winners have recycled nearly 10,000 kg of container plastic. The winners, for whom recycling literally paid off: Jack Crozier, Avocado Asset Management – collection site: Fruitfed Supplies Katikati Myles Mullooly, Longridge Station – collection site: Matawhero Gisborne Steve Wheeler, Mission Estate Winery – collection site: Farmlands Horticulture Hastings Mark Juett, Chapman Onion Exports – collection site: Farmlands Taupo Andy Brown, Coast to Coast Helicopters – on-farm collection at Mapua ...
Worldwide, a total of nearly 130 million kilograms of crop protection product containers have been recycled since the CropLife International container management initiative began about a decade ago. “Recycling used crop protection containers goes a long way in environmental benefits,” notes Detlef Doehnert, Ph.D., chair of CropLife International’s Container Management Project Team. “It’s easy to demonstrate the value of container management programs.” For instance, about 30,000 to 70,000 tonnes of empty crop protection product containers were collected each year between 2005 and 2012. A total of nearly 400,000 tonnes of containers. About 50 percent of them were in Brazil, which has the largest container management program in the world. In 2012, over 37,000 tonnes of plastic were collected there alone, ...
Agrecovery Rural Recycling is returning to rural Canterbury to hold five free container recycling events following the success of previous collections. Three events in Darfield and Fairlie in 2012 netted around 2,000kg of plastic, equivalent to approximately 4,000 containers that might otherwise have been burned or buried on local farms. This year, events will be held in Darfield, Fairlie, Cheviot, Geraldine and Oxford. “We have 12 permanent collections sites across Canterbury which provide year round access to recycling for farmers and growers, however with the ban on burning and dumping we want to widen that network as much as possible,” says Duncan Scotland of Agrecovery. A number of retailers and contractors are supporting the events including Farmlands, PGG Wrightson and ...
Agrecovery Rural Recycling is returning to Taihape to hold another free container recycling event following the success of the November 2013 collection. Local businesses Farmlands, PGG Wrightson and Ruapehu Farm Supplies are again supporting the Agrecovery initiative which will be held on 2nd April. Last year, the one day collection netted over 600kg of plastic that might otherwise have been burned or buried on local farms. “We promised that if we got a good result last year, we’d be back,” says Duncan Scotland of Agrecovery. “We hope to have an even better collection this year.” Farmers and contractors can bring their empty, triple rinsed agrichemical and animal health plastic containers to Ruapehu Farm Supplies at 118 Hautapu Street, between 10am ...
Ten $500 vouchers are up for grabs with Agrecovery Container recycling...
Simply bring in your empty triple rinsed plastic containers for recycling with Agrecovery during February and March 2014 and you’ll go in the draw to win one of ten $500 vouchers to spend at your preferred rural retailer.
How do I enter?
STEP 1: Triple rinse and clean your empty plastic containers (0-60 litres in size). Remember to leave the label on.
STEP 2: Take your containers to one of our 70 collection sites nationwide
Large users (over 300 containers) can contact Agrecovery for on-property collection.
STEP 3: Sit back and decide how you’ll spend your $500 voucher if you win!
Which containers are free to recycle?
You can recycle containers from nearly 60 brand owners ...
