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Agrecovery is excited to announce that Valagro has joined the Agrecovery LDPE Product Stewardship Scheme. That means that you can now recycle their low density polyethylene bags (LDPE or No.4 plastic) for FREE! How do I get involved? The Agrecovery LDPE recovery programme allows farmers and growers to responsibly recycle approved No.4 plastic bags for free. Bags must be 25kgs and under and from participating brands – BASF, Yara and Valagro. Contact Agrecovery on 0800 247 326 or info@agrecovery.org.nz to order your liners and coded zip ties and follow the steps below to properly prepare your bags for recycling. Please note: Empty bags MUST be given a good shake out to remove all powder or crystal residue. Bags and liners will be inspected ...

AGRECOVERY SERVICES AT ALERT LEVEL 2 & 3 Agrecovery services are up and running for regions at Alert Level 2 of the government’s response to COVID-19 - with extra measures in place to ensure that this can be done safely. For regions at alert level 3  - Agrecovery services are on hold Sites in regions at Alert Level 2 A quick guide for recycling at Alert Level 2 demonstrates how container drop-offs at collection sites will be managed. Key points to note are: Contact your local collection site ahead of time to see if specific check-in procedures are required. Scan the site's QR Code on arrival. Wear a face covering and maintain physical distancing of 2 metres at all times during the drop-off and inspection ...

This project seeks to divert more rural waste from landfill by seeking sustainable end-of-life management solutions for animal health medicines and their packaging. Our current scheme operates for manufacturers who voluntarily commit to product stewardship. With agrichemicals being declared priority products, all agrichemicals must become part of a regulated product stewardship scheme under the Waste Minimisation Act. This includes but is not limited to all substances that require registration under the Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997, whether current or expired, and their containers (packaging), which are considered hazardous until they have been triple-rinsed.   How this is being done We are working with industry to determine the extent of animal health medicinal products in the New Zealand market and what happens ...

AUCKLAND SERVICES AT ALERT LEVEL 2 Collection sites in Wellsford, Pukekohe and Helensville are open for recycling but we ask that you take some extra precautions, including maintaining physical distancing of 2 metres at all times, and letting the site know in advance that you have containers for drop off. Sites may also have their own specific contact tracing procedures. The collection receipt will be used for contact tracing. Site staff can log your drop-off online, or call us and we can do this for you. If you are unwell, stay at home. Keep triple-rinsing containers Make sure you are triple-rinsing containers correctly, see: triple rinsing guide triple rinsing video On-farm collections and chemical recovery On-farm collections and chemical recovery ...

Recycling Week is a good way of celebrating the achievements of our rural communities in working to support the principles and practices of a circular economy, resource efficiency and waste reduction. At Agrecovery, these principles are at the core of programmes delivered across the country every single day. Our rural communities have made a real and sustained effort to move away from the take-make-waste linear consumption to a circular restorative and regenerative economy. Despite the challenges faced this year with recycling being paused for almost two months, farmers have maintained their resolve to keep recycling and being good guardians of the land. The government has also stepped in to try and help this become the norm for all farmers and ...

An innovative project to address the environmental issues caused by soft agricultural plastics, such as the bags used for fertiliser, seed, and feed, as well as netting, silage wrap and twine, seeks to find sustainable solutions for these plastics at the end of their useful life. The farm plastics we’re finding solutions for The scope of this project includes, but isn’t limited to, the following farm plastics: plastic sacks for packaging agricultural and horticultural commodities – including, fertiliser sacks, feed sacks and bulk tonne bags of woven polypropylene and/or polyethylene plastic wrapping materials for silage or hay – including baleage wrap, hay bale netting, baling twine and covers for silage pits How this is being done The project aims to ...

AGRECOVERY SERVICES RESUME WITH SOME PRECAUTIONS As New Zealand is in Alert Level 2 of the government’s response to COVID-19 from 14 May, recycling at sites around the country can resume, as well as on-farm collections and chemical recovery operations. Sites are accepting containers Our sites are accepting agrichemical containers, but some preparation is needed before you drop them off. This includes contacting the site, as well as following some extra precautions. Make sure you read our guidance on dropping off containers to sites during Alert Level 2. Dropping off containers to sites Find your local Keep triple-rinsing containers Make sure you are triple-rinsing containers correctly, see: triple rinsing guide triple rinsing video On-farm collections  Call us for an on-farm ...

AGRECOVERY SERVICES RESUME All Agrecovery services are now operating. Sites around the country are open for recycling and on-farm collections and chemical recovery operations have all resumed. Find your local site Keep triple-rinsing containers Make sure you are triple-rinsing containers correctly, see: triple rinsing guide triple rinsing video Thanks Thanks for your patience, we’re excited to be recycling again and helping rural New Zealand to clear more waste. Previous updates  Update to members: 13 May 2020 Update to members: 23 April 2020 Update to members: 25 March 2020