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To celebrate the opening of three new collection sites in Northland, Agrecovery Rural Recycling is offering recyclers the chance to win a $300 reward. The promotion aims to encourage farmers, growers, contractors and golf courses to make the most of this recycling programme for 1 – 60 litre plastic containers. Through the programme empty triple rinsed containers from 56 brand owners of agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene products can be recycled for free. “Anyone who recycles eligible containers through our three new collection sites at Farmlands Kaitaia, Kamo or Dargaville during July and August 2012 will go in the draw to win a $300 voucher to spend with their preferred rural supplier,” says Duncan Scotland of Agrecovery. According ...

Ten farmers and growers are $500 better off after recycling with the Agrecovery Rural Recycling Container programme during a recent promotion. The promotion encouraged recycling of plastic agrichemical, animal health and dairy hygiene containers at 70 collection sites across New Zealand. Those recycling during March and April went in the draw to win one of ten $500 vouchers to spend at the rural supplier of their choice. Ranging from Waipapa in the north to Ashburton in south, the winners show a good cross section of the primary sector are using the programme, including kiwifruit, citrus, potato and bulb growers, a vineyard, livestock farmers, a spray contractor and even a biodiesel and oilseed plant. According to Duncan Scotland, Sales and Marketing ...

Congratulations to the winners of the Agrecovery Container recycling promotion for March and April 2012! Biodiesel NZ Ltd – Ashburton collection site Malcolm Taylor, M E Taylor Limited – Blenheim collection site Jason Yuill – Edgecumbe collection site Peter Strawbridge, Tutamoe Station – Gisborne collection site Waikahu Vineyard – Hastings collection site (Skeltons) Toby Annabell, Spray It Ltd – Hawera collection site Naivic Farm Ltd – Methven collection site Bakker Bulbs – Rakaia collection site Kerifresh – Waipapa collection site Sam & Hannah Morrah, Ohineumeri Station – Waipukurau collection site Each winner recycled eligible containers at the listed Agrecovery Container collection site in March and/or April 2012. They each won a $500 voucher to spend with their preferred retail supplier. ...

Competition Notice Win one of ten $500 vouchers to spend with your preferred rural supplier! Simply recycle your eligible plastic containers with Agrecovery at 70 collection sites nationwide during March and April 2012. Agrecovery Container recycling provides a safe and fully compliant programme for the recycling of plastic agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene containers. Containers from over 55 participating brand owners are FREE to recycle through Agrecovery. Containers must be empty, triple rinsed and from 1 – 60 litres in size. To be eligible containers must still have their label on. Every collection receipt issued by an Agrecovery Collection site during March and April 2012 constitutes an entry into the draw. You automatically become a member of Agrecovery ...

Following on from the successful 2012 promotion, Agrecovery will again be running a container promotion in early 2013. Win one of ten $500 vouchers to spend with your preferred rural supplier! Simply recycle your eligible plastic containers with Agrecovery at 70 collection sites nationwide during February and March 2013. Agrecovery Containers provides a safe and fully compliant recycling programme for plastic agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene containers. Containers from 59 participating brand owners are FREE to recycle through Agrecovery. Containers must be empty, triple rinsed and 60 litres and under in size. To be eligible containers must still have their label on. Every collection receipt issued by an Agrecovery Collection site during February and March 2013 constitutes an ...

PDC Barn in Taumarunui, Fruitfed Supplies in Ohakune and Farmlands in Taupo are three companies locally supporting the push for sustainability and environmental best practice in our primary industries. All three companies are now collection sites in the Central North Island for the Agrecovery Container Recycling programme. The programme allows farmers and growers across the country to recycle empty 1 – 60 litre plastic containers. Eligible containers from the 55 agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene companies who support this product stewardship programme can be recycled for free. Ohakune, Taumarunui and Taupo are just three of the seventy collection sites located across the country. George Thomas of PDC Barn said the company was keen to be part of the ...

“Soil Health, Plant Health, Our Health” is key to the vision of Roots Shoots and Fruits, a New Zealand organic nutritional fertiliser supply company. The addition of Roots Shoots and Fruits brings to 55 the number of brand owners supporting this product stewardship programme for agrichemical, biological, animal health and dairy hygiene plastic containers. Tim Callaghan, Director of Waiheke based Roots Shoots and Fruits, says “We’re an enviromentally orientated company with a focus on sustainable and efficient organic liquid fertilisers and we specialise in nutrition and biological agents. “We’re really passionate about improving grower profitability and increasing the nutritional value of food, but we also believe it’s important to respect our environment and improve soils for future generations. Being part ...