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
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 Container recycling provides a safe and fully compliant programme for the recycling of 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 or 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 entry into the draw. You automatically become a member of Agrecovery by using the programme. ...
Hot on the heels of Federated Farmers announcement last week about its role as Business Manager for the Agrecovery Foundation, another organisation in pastoral farming, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, is ramping up support for the Agrecovery rural recycling programme. Beef + Lamb General Manager Farm, Richard Wakelin says our clean-green image and reputation is at stake every day. He says the goalposts are continually shifting, with consumers increasingly concerned about animal welfare and how goods are produced. With this in mind, the organisation is supporting the Agrecovery Rural Recycling programme in its drive to encourage more farmers to recycle their farm plastics. “Beef + Lamb New Zealand is right behind Agrecovery because it’s a perfect fit with good management ...
Source: Federated Farmers 4th December 2012 The uptake of on-farm recycling has received a major boost with Federated Farmers and the Agrecovery Foundation, actively joining forces to increase farmer involvement in the Agrecovery recycling programme. “Federated Farmers stands for profitable sustainable farming. This is a serious advancement that will improve New Zealand farming’s environmental footprint,” says Conor English, Federated Farmers Chief Executive. “Federated Farmers new role is as ‘Business Manager’ for the Foundation. This role was previously held by Horticulture NZ but Agrecovery has increased its scope. “The Agrecovery Foundation provides farmers and horticulturalists with an environmentally appropriate way to dispose of unwanted chemicals and containers, silage wrap and even, crop protection netting. “Each year, more than ten million litres ...
The following items outline the issues and new rules around shelf life expiry dates. Clear up confusion over shelf life statements Source: www.novachem.co.nz – January 2012 Eighty-six percent of over 1000 Sunday Star-Times readers polled said they bought food and threw it away, despite rising costs at the checkout. Food past its use-by date makes up nearly half of what is thrown out. A zero-waste advocate said that food was routinely thrown out before it went off because people mistake best-before dates for use-by dates. Wasting food was bigger than just a personal cost issue, because it also wasted the efforts of producing, packaging and transporting it. Snap! Exactly the same situation happens with agrichemicals. People are discarding or returning ...
