AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS RECYCLING HANDBOOK

By: Steve Clarke, P. Eng., Kemptville, OMAFRA, and Carl Fletcher, Guelph, OMAFRA,

June 2002

Agricultural Plastics Recycling Handbook

Table of Contents

Introduction ___________________________________________________________ 3

Awareness and Promotion of Recycling to Farmers ___________________________ 4

Plasticulture: The Use of Plastics In Agriculture _____________________________ 5

Disposal Options For Agricultural Plastics – Why Recycle?_____________________ 6 Re-using Plastics On the Farm ________________________________________________ 6

Sending Plastics to Land Fills _________________________________________________ 6 Table 1. Results from a 1997 survey of Eastern Ontario landfills about their willingness to accept agricultural plastic wrap. ____________________________________________________ 7

Burning Plastics in the Open __________________________________________________ 7 Table 2. Volatile organic emissions tested for in a simulated open burning of used agricultural plastics by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. __________________________ 8

Road Safety Issue ___________________________________________________________ 9

Burying Plastics On the Farm _________________________________________________ 9

Using Plastics as a Fuel Source ________________________________________________ 9 Table 3. Energy Values of Various Materials _________________________________________ 10

Recycling Plastics __________________________________________________________ 10

Why The Plastics Industry Should Support Plastic Recycling Programs __________ 11

Why Municipal Governments Should Support Plastics Recycling Programs_______ 11

Types of Plastics_______________________________________________________ 12

Types of Agricultural Plastics That Can Be Recycled _________________________ 13

Goals Farmers Must Meet For Plastics Recycling to Succeed __________________ 13

Baling Twine _________________________________________________________ 15

Transporting Plastics to the Collection Depot _______________________________ 15 1. On Farm Pickup _________________________________________________________ 16

2. Farmers Deliver Plastic to Collection Depot __________________________________ 16

Tips for Holding Collection Days _________________________________________ 19 Quality Control ____________________________________________________________ 22

Table 4: A sampling of the typical collection results received from pilot projects ___________ 23 Table 5. Typical ranges of plastics contamination at collection. __________________________ 23

Reprocessing of Plastics_________________________________________________ 24

Products Made From Recycled Plastics ____________________________________ 24

Summary_____________________________________________________________ 25

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Introduction

A pilot project has been underway in Ontario since 1992 to assess the problems and

commercial viability associated with the recycling of agricultural plastics. This project

has been a joint effort of the Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association, Ontario

Agribusiness, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF). Field research

for the project has consisted of a number of pilot collections across Ontario: in

Alexandria, Vars, Winchester, Renfrew, Embro, and Peterborough. The agricultural

plastics recycling project has demonstrated that:

• Agricultural plastic film (bale wrap, silo bags, tubes, silo covers) can be collected.

• Farmers will participate if a practical collection system is offered.

• Farmers can and will develop simple on-farm routines for storing and delivering clean

plastics to a collection site.

• Plastics can be compacted and shipped to a recycler and successfully converted to

new and useful end products.

• Plastics can be handled by garbage compaction trucks, compactors and recycling bins

at on-farm, neighbourhood or municipal sites.

• Municipalities can be partners in the collection process.

• Plastic lumber, garbage bags, puckboard, horse fencing and farm pens for dairy, hogs

and poultry are products that have been produced. Pellets are also an option to be

blended back into the plastics manufacturing industry.

• Energy recovery is a viable option for plastics that are too contaminated for recycling.

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• As greenhouse plastics may contain pesticide and chemical residues, a separate

stream may have to be established similar to the pesticide container recycling

program.

• The limiting factor for having more agricultural film recycled is the low price of

crude oil and the lack of end products for recycled film to be made into.

Awareness and Promotion of Recycling to Farmers

To promote recycling among farmers OMAF has:

• Set up displays at local fairs and other agricultural events.

• Distributed pamphlets and brochures at such events and to marketers of agricultural

plastics.

• Maintained contact with marketers of agricultural plastics, as quite often farmers will

call the person they bought the wrap from to inquire about its disposal.

• Encouraged word of mouth communication between farmers and feedback from

farmers to OMAF.

• Frequently issued press releases and given radio, newspaper and television

interviews.

• Kept phone lists of farmers who have recycled to inform them of future collection

days.

• Encouraged local groups to organize collection programs.

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Plasticulture: The Use of Plastics In Agriculture

Traditionally, storage structures for forages and grains have been made from steel,

wood and concrete. However, the use of plastic films has become increasingly popular,

for several reasons:

• Plastic films are inexpensive to purchase. • Plastic films offer flexible storage options. • The use of plastic film liners increases the life of existing storage structures.

Figure 1. Tube (Source: OMAF)

Figure 2. Individually wrapped bales (Source: OMAF)

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Disposal Options For Agricultural Plastics – Why Recycle?

Ontario farmers use a lot of plastics – currently, it is estimated that Ontario

farmers purchase approximately 4 million pounds of plastic bale wrap and silage cover

per year. This figure does not account for the substantial amount of plastics the Ontario

greenhouse industry also uses. Farmers have six main options for what they can do with

their used plastic bale wrap and silage covers:

• Re-use the plastics for other purposes on the farm.

• Send the plastics to a landfill.

• Burn the plastics.

• Bury the plastics.

• Use the plastics as a fuel source.

• Recycle the plastics.

Re-using Plastics On the Farm

Currently, the first option is limited because used plastic film has no widespread

secondary use on a farm, although some uses for it have been suggested. For example,

plastics could be used as pillows in free stalls, to cover piles of wood and hay, to cover

machinery, and as a protective liner for horizontal silos.

Sending Plastics to Land Fills

Landfilling plastics is a legal and supervised manner of disposal. However,

despite that it is the most common method for dealing with agricultural film waste

worldwide, landfilling is not a good option, because:

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• Landfills are filling up, resulting in less space available for disposal of

agricultural plastics.

• Many landfills charge more than $80 per ton to take agricultural plastics.

• Some municipal landfills (at least 30% in a survey) may not accept

agricultural plastics. Table 1 shows the results of a survey of landfills in

Eastern Ontario counties regarding their willingness to accept plastic wrap.

Table 1. Results from a 1997 survey of Eastern Ontario landfills about their willingness to accept agricultural plastic wrap.

County Accept Reject Cost Range

1 / 2 ton truck Renfrew 15 7 $5 - $8

Frontenac 6 7 No charge Lanark 7 0 $20

Ottawa-Carleton 2 0 No charge Stormont 4 0 $10 Dundas 3 1 $10 - $20

Glengarry 3 1 $10 Prescott 4 1 No charge Russell 2 1 $15 Leeds 6 3 No charge

Grenville 2 2 No charge TOTAL: 54 (70%) 23 (30%) $5 - $20

Burning Plastics in the Open

Some farmers have chosen to burn their used plastics in order to dispose of it, as burning

is a means to dispose of plastics with the least amount of time and effort. Burning plastics

in the open is a very poor alternative, however, because it may:

• Cause air quality concerns.

• Be a public environmental hazard.

• Be a fire hazard.

• Be a nuisance to other people.

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• Be against the law according to local environmental protection acts.

Figure 3: Burning Plastics (Source: OMAF)

Burning used plastic film is environmentally hazardous. Plastic film is a volatile

oil-based compound that burns easily but incompletely. Incomplete combustion can lead

to release of carbon monoxide as well as many other air pollutants. In addition, hazardous

byproducts can be present in the residual ash in the form of metals, dioxins and furans.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has identified 13 volatile organic chemicals

that may be toxic to the environment and carcinogenic to humans as a result of open

burning (Table 2).

Table 2. Volatile organic emissions tested for in a simulated open burning of used agricultural plastics by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Compound Test:

Kerosene Only

Test: Used Ag. Plastic

Compound Test: Kerosene

Only

Test: Used Ag. Plastic

1-Hexene x x Hexamethyl Cyclotrisiloxane

x x

Hexane x Ethyl Benzene x x Benzene x x Dimethyl Benzene x x

1-Heptane x 1-Nonane x Toluene x x Nonane x x 1-Octane x Ethnyl Benzene x Octane x x

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Road Safety Issue

There is a concern that farmers may pile their plastics in their fields until there is

enough plastics for them to burn. During high winds, these plastics could be strewn over

neighbouring properties, creating an eyesore. Furthermore, plastics might blow on a busy

highway and hit a driver’s windshield, causing the driver to lose control of the car.

Figure 4: Plastic littering a rural road. (Source: OMAF)

Burying Plastics On the Farm

Burying plastics on the farm is another option. However, it is never recommended

that a farmer do this because plastics are not biodegradable and will therefore

permanently remain in the ground where they are buried. Also, it would be hard to

recover the plastics in the future, and seepage of contamination into the ground may

occur if any crop matter is still trapped in the plastics.

Using Plastics as a Fuel Source

Energy recovery is another option that many countries, including the United

States and Germany, use for disposal of agricultural plastics. Solid waste volume can be

reduced by 95%, reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. Furthermore, energy

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recovery plants are fitted with high-temperature burning and pollution control equipment

in order to reduce air pollution. Table 3 lists the energy values for various materials.

Table 3. Energy Values of Various Materials (from OMAFRA publication Agdex 120/732 Factsheet 95-019: “Recyling Farm Plastic

Films”)

Material British Thermal Units (BTU)/pound Agricultural plastic

- wrap, bags, tubes, sheets 18 500 – 19 500

Wood 7 000 – 7 500 Newspaper 8 000

Fuel Oil 20 500

If agricultural plastics are burned, there is potential for a high amount of energy to

be recovered, and this energy could be used to heat buildings and to produce electricity.

However, currently energy recovery is not an option for agricultural plastics in Ontario. It

is possible to ship plastics to the United States for energy recovery, but farmers must

recognize that there would be a substantial cost in transportation and possible tipping fees

to help pay for the cost of reprocessing and pollution control. A pilot shipment of plastics

to an energy recovery plant was achieved in 1998 was successful, proving that energy

recovery is a viable option, especially for highly contaminated plastics.

Recycling Plastics

The limited options for reuse of plastics on the farm, the environmental hazards

accompanying burying, land filling or burning plastics, and the unavailability of energy

recovery plants in Ontario makes all of these options either bad choices or currently

unfeasible for Ontario farmers. This leaves only the sixth option - recycling used plastics

into new products that can be sold on the market. Plastics brokers/recyclers have not

always been keen to recycle agricultural plastics for many reasons, including:

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• The quantity of plastic is usually small.

• Plastics types are often mixed together.

• The material is dirty and may contain pesiticide residues.

It is also important that an end-market be available for used agricultural plastics. One

main determinant is the price of virgin plastics. If the price of virgin plastics is high,

manufacturers will be more open to using recycled plastics to manufacture new products.

The use of and demand for agricultural plastics is also determined by how many end-

products can be made from recycled plastics.

Why The Plastics Industry Should Support Plastic Recycling Programs • Sales of plastics will be maintained or increased with the implementation of recycling

programs.

• If forced to burn plastics to dispose of them, farmers might feel guilty because of the

negative environmental impact; if this happens, farmers may begin to use other, more

environmentally-friendly storage methods for forages, such as tower and horizontal

silos, leading to possible reductions in plastics sales.

• Industry is forced to consider that product life cycles are not just “womb to tomb” but

“womb to womb”.

• By helping to start programs, industry will be viewed as being a part of a solution

instead of a part of a problem.

Why Municipal Governments Should Support Plastics Recycling Programs

• Less material would be going to landfill sites.

• Agricultural plastics recycling can easily be made part of existing recycling programs.

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• Reduces burning of plastics and damage to the environment.

• Helps to reduce litter in the countryside.

Types of Plastics

Resin Type Common Uses Agricultural Uses

Polyethylene Terephthalate

The most commonly recycled plastics material, PET is

primarily used for soft drink bottles.

Rare

High Density Polyethylene

HDPE is used in bottles; margarine tubs; and grocery

bags. It represents over 50% of the plastic bottle market.

Nursery pots, pesticide and oil containers

Polyvinyl Chloride

PVC (or vinyl) is used to manufacture products ranging

from heavy walled pressure pipes to crystal-clear food packaging.

Water pipes, hoses

Low Density Polyethylene

Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE)

The largest end-use of LDPE is film for bags, such as bread bags,

trash bags.

Greenhouse film, mulch film, silage bags

Stretch wrap for silage

Polypropylene

PP is used in products ranging from yarns and fabrics to food

packaging.

Nursery pots, rows and trays, shade cloth, row covers,

weed barrier Twine

Polystyrene

PS is used in some yogurt cups, egg cartons, meat trays, and

disposable utensils. It is also used to make videocassettes and

televisions.

Flats, pots, growing mixes

Various other plastics resin types and multi-layered material form

this group.

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Types of Agricultural Plastics That Can Be Recycled Types of agricultural plastics that have been successfully recycled include:

• Plastic Stretch Wrap: A white, tacky linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plastic

film wrapped around hay bales to keep them air and moisture tight. Most commonly,

bales are triple-wrapped and the plastic is 1 mil in thickness and between 18” and 24”

in width.

• Silage Bags (“Ag Bags”): Long tubes of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plastic

used to store hay and corn silage. Typically, they are 8’-9’ wide and 100’-200’ long, 9

mil or thinner in thickness, formed of a bonded white and black layer.

• Cover Sheets for Bunker Silos: Black LDPE plastic film that is used in large sheets

typically 20’-40’ wide, 100’-150’ long, and 8-10 mil in thickness, which is used to

wrap hay or corn silage in cement bunker silos.

• Greenhouse plastics: Typically LDPE film, used in 50’ wide sheets or 25’ wide tubes,

up to 300’ long and 4-6 mil in thickness.

Goals Farmers Must Meet For Plastics Recycling to Succeed In order for a recycling program to succeed, farmers must meet several goals if they want

their plastics recycled:

• They must have a simple and easy on-farm system of collecting and storing the

plastics.

• They must end up with dry plastics clean enough to be recycled (less than 5%

contamination).

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• They must separate the different types of plastics (stretch wrap vs laminated plastics

found on silage covers and silage bags).

• They must be able to transport the plastics easily and safely to a collection site.

5 Easy Steps For Plastic Film Recycling

1. After feeding, shake plastic to remove forage - Get rid of any stones, wire, dirt or other contamination

2. Hang plastics to dry (1-2 days) - Good places for this include wagon racks, barn posts and beams, etc.

3. Shake again to remove any leftover dirt - The plastics will dry between feedings so this can be done in a one step process by

placing the wet plastic to dry where the previous plastic was

4. Store the plastics - In a convenient location where it will stay dry and clean - Keep it away from sunlight to prevent degradation - Store plastics of different colours and materials in separate locations

5. Get in touch with the organization running a collection program in your area

- Find out location, time of collection - If there is no collection day planned store the plastic out of your way for the future - Start a local collection organization

When farmers follow the steps listed above, over 95% of plastics are accepted upon

collection. Over time, it has been found that farmers tend to develop their own routines

that work best with their particular setup, resulting in cleaner plastics leaving their farms.

At collection sites, farmers are asked about their handling techniques. It has been found

that farmers who store plastics in large bags after shaking and drying bring in the plastics

with the lowest contamination. Agricultural plastics recycling programs in the United

Kingdom have tended to opt for collection schemes where farmers are provided with

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large sacks in which to store their plastics. Clear plastic bags have been preferred because

they allow collectors to assess the cleanliness of the agricultural plastic prior to baling it.

Figure 5: Agricultural plastics that have been properly stored in plastic bags.

(Source: OMAF)

Baling Twine

In the past it has been possible to recycle polypropylene baling twine. At present,

there is no active local market for the recycling of baling twine. However, in the future

this may change. Potential end-uses for recycled baling twine in the past have included

concrete reinforcement and septic tank manufacturing. Whether twine is recycled or not,

as it is made of a different type of plastics (polypropylene) than that which is used for

most agricultural plastics (LDPE), the twine must be separated from the rest of the

plastics. If baling twine is to be recycled, farmers would have to store it in a clean, dry

location such as inside a shed, rather than leaving it hanging on a fence post.

Transporting Plastics to the Collection Depot

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For recycling to be effective, one must collect a lot of material from many farms.

Two models have been studied during the Ontario agricultural plastics recycling pilot

project for how to effectively collect plastics:

Farm Using Ag-Plastic

Garbage Truck Pick-Up

Farmer Delivers

Depot SiteWith Compactor

Trucking

Recycling

Energy Recovery

Figure 6: Collection Models

1. On Farm Pickup Trucks would be rented and drivers hired to pick up the plastics and deliver it to

the closest depot site. Farmers within a 50 kilometer radius of the depot site would

qualify to have their plastics picked up. Farmers outside of this distance would have to

make arrangements to drive their plastics in to meet a truck on its route or to bring the

plastics directly to the depot. At the depot, plastics would be baled/compacted and

shipped.

2. Farmers Deliver Plastic to Collection Depot Farmers would be notified that they can bring their plastics into the depot site at

their own expense on set collection days. Pilot projects and surveys conducted have

shown that farmers living within a one hour drive of the depots are willing to adopt this

model, but farmers outside this range are opposed to this model and would prefer a closer

drop-off.

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Farmers are also concerned with the liability they face by having to drive the

plastics in their trucks/trailers for long distances. With their trucks loaded full of plastics,

they must use reduced speeds and in the case of open box trailers there is the possibility

of plastics coming loose and flying onto the road creating the potential for serious

accidents. For any method of transport, loose plastics must be tarped to minimize the

potential for accidents.

In our pilot projects, a system based on model two has been shown to be the most

successful. At the drop-off site, plastics are baled/ compacted and then shipped to the

recycler. Farmers are encouraged to pre-register with the collection organizers to let them

know how much and what type of plastics are coming. During the collection process,

farmers are asked some survey questions and feedback is given to the farmer regarding

the cleanliness of their plastics.

To reduce the transportation cost, the farmer can use a farm-type small square

baler that uses tine forks for cross-feeding into the baling chamber in order to compact

plastic on the farm. Note that there is a safety concern when using a farm baler: plastic

could wrap around the person feeding the plastic and pull and the person into the baler.

Extreme care must be taken. The best practice is to stuff plastic into clear plastic bags or

use a small wooden compactor made from plywood (Figure 7 a and b).

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Figure 7(a) Plywood Box to make plastic bales.

(Source: OMAF)

Figure 7(b) Finished plastic bales

(Source: OMAF)

Key points about on-farm baling are:

• The plastic should be fed into the baler by spreading the plastic into a windrow and

driving the baler into the plastic.

• Windrows should be approximately a 1 m deep x 0.6 m high (3’ by 2’).

• It is very important that the farmer not hand feed the plastics into the baler, because

this can cause serious injuries if feet or hands become tangled in the plastics.

• Large round balers can also be used to bale plastic, but the resulting bale size and

shape may be too big to handle. The plastics recycling industry tends to prefer plastic

in a commercially compacted form.

Figure 8: Windrow of plastics being baled. (Source: OMAFRA)

Figure 9: Small square bale of plastics, and plastics windrows in background (bale 2.5’ long,

weight 35 to 45 pounds) (Source: OMAFRA)

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Tips for Holding Collection Days

The farmer should bring plastic bales or, if baling is not possible, loose plastics to

the local collection. The depot where the local collection is held would ideally have a

commercial compactor on hand to compress the plastics into large (1500 lb plus) bales.

Figure 10: Commercially compacted large bale

of plastics (40” x 48” x 48”, weight 1500 pounds). (Source: OMAF)

Figure 11: Loading agricultural plastics into a cardboard compactor

(Source: OMAF)

The compactors required to bale agricultural plastics are of sizes typically used in

recycling depots to bale pop cans, newspapers or plastic bottles. Compaction reduces the

plastic film bulk to about 1/6th of its original volume, reducing transportation costs to the

reprocessing plant. Operations are typically owned by a municipality, group of

municipalities or a company that contracts to municipalities.

Although it is possible to use a farm balers (e.g. round balers) to bale plastics,

during pilot projects it has been found that commercial/retail grade compactors do the

best job of bulk reduction. Farm baling does an adequate job of compacting agricultural

plastic wrap. However, plastic can get caught on the pick up and cause binding problems.

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Also great care must be taken to prevent accidents from occurring. It is therefore

recommended that commercial/retail compactors are the best solution.

Figure 12: Using a round baler to make a 750 kg bale of plastics.

(Source: Claas Equipment Ltd., U.K.)

Other key points about collection days are:

• It is preferable that a large compactor be on hand at the collection site because this

will reduce the need to truck the plastics from the collection site to the compacting

site. This may not always be possible, however. In Oxford County, the Zorra

Township program sorts the plastic into clean, large trailer-sized waste management

containers that are then taken by truck to the compactor site. Previously, a waste

management truck that loaded bins from over the truck cab was used.

• Loose plastics should be tarped or otherwise secured during transport from the farm

to the collection site. Unsecured plastics pose a threat to safe driving. By law, trailers

hauling plastics must be tarped or contained (similar to gravel trucks).

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Figure 13: Tarped trailer.

(Source: OMAFRA)

Figure 14: Plastics transported on the

back of a pickup truck. (Source: OMAFRA)

• Collection sites should be as close to the farmer as possible. Therefore, it is best if

local organizations - municipalities or companies – are found that can provide a

location for collection and an appropriate baler. Farmers should not need to drive

more than 45 minutes to the collection site.

• Local governments/organizations should coordinate the collection of agricultural

plastics rather than private companies because they can usually offer a more stable

program which is not dependent on profit.

• Farmers should pre-register prior to the collection day. Pre-registration offers several

advantages:

• it increases quality control.

• it allows for an estimation of the volume of material to be collected.

• it establishes contacts for future collection days.

• Holding a collection day twice a year is ideal because it reduces the need for on-farm

storage of plastics by the farmer.

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Quality Control

Plastics that are to be recycled should have a minimum of contamination. At the

reprocessing plant, incoming plastics should be inspected for contamination and accepted

or rejected depending on the level of contamination. Contamination includes dirt, sand,

stones, grease, vegetation, water, other types of plastics, glue, tape, and ultraviolet (UV)

light degradation. Film that has lost its flexibility and is crinkly has serious ultraviolet

light damage, which severely limits its recyclability. It is important that any plastics

being brought to the collection site be carefully scrutinized to make sure that other

unwanted items are not collected with it. Tires and metal fence posts, among other things,

have been accidentally donated to previous collections coordinated by OMAF. Tables 4

and 5 list typical observations made during pilot agricultural plastic collections in

Ontario.

Figure 15: Plastic that is clean enough for recycling. (Source: OMAFRA)

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Figure 16: Plastic that is too dirty to be recycled. (Source: OMAFRA)

Table 4: A sampling of the typical collection results received from pilot projects

Amount Brought In

100 Bales - 2 Ag Bags

300 Bales 300 Bales 300 Bales

Distance Traveled

19 km 25 km 16 km 5 km

Storage Method Shed Shed Shed Outside Age of Film 1 year old 1 year old 1 year old 1 year old

Amount Rejected

5 % 2 % none 40 %

Contaminants String, Dirt, Haylage, Moisture

String, Dirt, Haylage,

Water

A little Dirt Dirt, String, Moisture

Table 5. Typical ranges of plastics contamination at collection.

Plastics Sample Moisture Contamination

Dirt Contamination

Total Contamination

Dry 0% 14% 14% Average 25% 4% 29%

Wet/Dirty 47% 6% 53%

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Upon collection, feedback should be given to farmers regarding the cleanliness of

their plastics. If their plastics are dirty, farmers should be encouraged to change their

routines or run the risk of their plastics not being accepted the next collection date.

Reprocessing of Plastics

At the reprocessing plant, following inspection for contamination the plastics

films are typically chopped in a grinder, washed to remove contaminates, separated into

individual plastics types and dried, then fed into an extruder where heat and pressure melt

the plastics. The molten plastics are then extruded into fine strands, cooled, and chopped

into pellets that can be used by manufacturers to make new plastics products.

Figure 17: Pellets being produced at a plastics reprocessing plant.

(Source: OMAFRA)

Figure 18: Pellets. (Source: OMAFRA)

Products Made From Recycled Plastics There is a need to operate a large scale plastic collection to obtain enough plastics

to produce a large volume of recycled agricultural plastic pellets or flakes. There is also a

need to ship this material to a variety of plastics manufactures to increase the potential

end use markets for used agricultural plastics. To initially break-in to new markets, test

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shipments may be sent to industry at a significantly reduced price. If the industry can use

recycled plastics successfully, subsequent shipments may be sold at market price.

Plastic film is a by-product of the petroleum industry and so the price of virgin plastics

fluctuates with the price of oil. This means that in times of low petroleum prices recycled

plastics become uncompetitive.

Potential End Use Markets for Recycled Plastics:

Plastic lumber

Garbage bags

Puck-board [plastic plywood]

Horse Fencing

Farm Pens for Dairy, Hogs, Poultry

Roadside Posts

Figure 19: Products Made From Recycled Plastics

(Source: OMAFRA)

Figure 20: Picnic table made from

recycled plastics. (Source: Dumfries (Scotland) Plastic

Recycling)

Figure 21: Plastic fencing.

(Source: Heritage Fence)

Summary

Here in Ontario, it has been shown that recycling can be a viable alternative to

Ontario farmers for the disposal of their agricultural plastics. However, farmers must be

willing to find ways to separate their plastics and keep their plastics clean. With support

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from farmers, government, and the plastics industry, increasing use of recycled plastics

by manufacturers and processors should help to increase the demand and markets for it.

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Plastic Recycling Contacts June 2002

Ontario – Key Contacts

Steve Clarke, P. Eng., Rural/Environmental Engineer and Provincial Crop

Engineering Specialist, OMAF Provincial Government Building, Concession Rd.

Box 2004, Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0 Tel: (613) 258-8305 Fax: (613) 258-8392

sclarke@omafra.gov.on.ca

Carl Fletcher, Strategic Planning and Business, OMAF

1 Stone Rd. W. Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

Tel: (519) 826-3235 Fax: (519) 826-4342

cfletche@omafra.gov.on.ca

OMAF Christoph Kessel, Nutrition-Horticulture Program

Lead University of Guelph

50 Stone Rd. E., Guelph, ON N1G 2W1

Tel: (519) 824-4120 ext. 2480 Fax: (519) 826-3567

ckessel@omafra.gov.on.ca

Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) Rick Warner, Senior Materials Specialist

3RS Client Services 40 St. Clair St. W, 7th Floor

Toronto, ON M4V 1M2 Tel: (416) 325-4422 Fax: (416) 325-4437

warnerri@ene.gov.on.ca

Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association Harold Rudy

1 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON N1G 4Y2 Tel: (519) 826-4214 Fax: (519) 826-4224

www.ontariosoilcrop.orghrudy@ontariosoilcrop.org

Randy Howanyk 11 Appletree Drive

Kitchener, ON N2A 4C9 Tel: (519) 896-6374 Fax: (519) 896-6375

Ontario Cattlemen’s Association Contact: Peter Doris, Special Products Manager

130 Malcolm Rd. Guelph, ON N1K 1B1 Tel: (519) 824-0334 Fax: (519) 824-9101

www.cattle.guelph.on.ca

Manufacturers - Film AEP Industries

(Sunfilm silage wrap) 125 Phillips Ave.

South Hackensack, N.J. USA 07606 Tel: (201) 807-2482 Fax: (201) 807-2346

Toll-Free: (800) 999-AEPI (2374) www.aepinc.com

Contact: Carl Opperman, Vice-President Industrial Products Division

Ag Bag International (Ag Bag tubes)

2320 SE Ag-Bag Lane Warrenton, OR 97146 USA

Tel: (800) 334-7432 (503) 861-1644

Fax: (503) 861-2527 www.agbag.com

Amplas Manufacturing Ltd (Plastics products) 1-9 Ivyhouse La

Hastings, East Sussex TN354NN Tel: 011-44-424 722650

Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. (plastic bags) Roger Keeley

111 Progress Ave. Scarborough, ON M1P 2Y9

Tel: (416) 298-5422 Fax: (416) 297-2218

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AT Plastics Inc. (Agri-Pac silage bags) 142 Kennedy Rd. S.,

Brampton, ON L6W 3G4 Tel: (905) 451-1630 Fax: (905) 451-0039

www.atplas.comSam Andrews – Eastern Canada Account Manager

Tel: (905) 452-6705 Fax: (905) 451-1677 andrews@atplas.com

Stan Chmelyk, P.Eng. – Manager, Technical Services, Films

Tel: (905) 452-6760 Fax: (905) 451-1677

Balcan Plastics Ltd. (plastic film)

9340 Meaux St. St-Leonard, PQ H1R 3H2

Tel: (514) 326-9130 Fax: (514) 326-4565

www.balcan.comContact: Jack Baron

920 Alness St. Downsview, ON

M3J 2H7 Tel: (416) 661-6266 Fax: (416) 661-4819

Pactiv Corp. (Maxtech SF silage bags) 1900 West Field Court Lake Forest, IL 60045

Tel: (888) 828-2850 www.pactiv.com

Eastern Canada Contact – Eric Kubic (514) 425-6555

Presto Products Company (Nutrigard bale wrap)

P.O. Box 2399, Appleton, WI, USA 54912-2399

Tel: (717) 392-0848 Fax: (717) 392-5412

Toll-Free: (888) 731-5330 www.nutrigard.com

Sacomatic Inc. (Sacomatic silage bags)

790, Rang 4 Saints-Anges, PQ G0S 3E0

Tel: (418) 253-5745 Fax: (418) 253-5645 www.sacomatic.comContact: Yves Giriad

Tenneco Packaging Suite 300

Dearfield, Illinois 60015 USA

Tel: (847) 914-1909 Fax: (847) 914-1991 Contact: John Burns

Tube-o-lator Inc.

(Tube-o-lator line wrap) Contact: Gerry Brodrecht

RR#1 Thorsby, AB T0C 2P0 Tel: (403) 789-2411 Fax: (403) 789-3627

Toll-Free: (800) 265-8823 www.tube-o-lator.com

Local contact: Ed Ladouceur, Sales (613) 658-2300

Uniplast Industries Inc. (plastic film)

Jack Swinimer Box 2000, 301 Forest Ave.

Orillia, ON L3B 6R9 Tel: (705) 326-1777 Fax: (705) 325-7120

W. Ralston (Canada) Inc. (plastic film) Paul Cohen

135 East Drive Brampton, ON L6T 1B5

Tel: (905) 791-3980 Fax: (905) 791-0587

www.wralston.ca

BP Chemicals Gil Vitands

150 W. Warrenville Rd. Mail Code C-1

Naperville, Il. 60566 Phone: 630-420-4402 Fax: 630-961-7979

Email: vitande@bp.com

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Distributors and Retailers of Film Plastitech Inc.

(Maxtech SF silage bags) 478 Notre Dame C.P.750

St-Rémi, Québec J0L 2L0

Ontario Contact: Eric Ménard Tel: (450) 454-3961 Fax: (450) 454-6638

Toll-free: (800) 667-6279 www.plastitech.com

Calhoun Agri Services Ltd. (Sunfilm silage wrap)

Box 453, R.R.2 Chesley, ON N0G 1L0

Tel: (519) 363-3037 Fax: (519) 363-2354

Toll-Free: (800) 265-3994 www.calhoun.on.cainfo@calhoun.on.ca

R & R Materials Robert Mowatt and Randy Lavier

#3 Unit 5 South Gower Business Park Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0

Tel: (613) 258-9828

Zorwood Agr. Services Ltd. David Howe

RR#5 Embro, ON N0J 1J0 Tel: (519) 475-4184

Norcan Farm Equipment Ltd. Box 1237, Cambridge ON N1R 6C9

Tel: (519) 623-8261 Fax: (519) 623-2299

Horst Choring Aids Company Glen or Elvin Horst RR#4 Elmira, ON

N3B 2Z3 Tel: (519) 669-5439 Fax: (519) 669-5430

Amjay Company – Ropes and Twines 17075 Leslie St. Unit 6

Newmarket, ON L3Y 8E1 Tel: (800) 668-5104 Fax: (905) 830-0448

Alberta Ag- Industries Ltd

Box 1560 Westlock, AB

T0G 2L0 Tel: (404) 349-4719 Fax: (403) 349-4741

Local Recycling – Private Companies or Municipalities Scott’s Plains Recycling

390 Pido Rd, Peterborough ON, K9J 6X0

(705) 876-1600 Contact: John Baldry

Branches Paper Recycling Box 206 - 240 Enterprise Rd.

417 Industrial Park Vars, ON K0A 3H0

Tel: (613) 443-2370 Fax: (613) 443-0104

Contact: John Trudeau R.A.R.E.

265 Industrial Rd. Alexandria, ON K0C 1A0

Tel: (613) 525-5112 Fax: (613) 525-5114

Contact: Rene Jeaurond

Barron’s Disposal Systems RR#1

Haley Station, ON Tel: (613) 432-6070

Zorra Township Jennie Hinan P.O. Box 306,

Ingersoll, ON N5C 3K5 Tel: (519) 485-2490 Fax: (519) 485-2520

Township of North Dundas P.O. Box 489

St. Lawrence St. Winchester, Ont.

K0C 2K0 Tel: (613) 774-2105 Fax: (613) 774-5699 Contact: Doug Froats

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Rob Sinclair Solid Waste Services Division

City of Ottawa 110 Laurier Ave. West, 5th Floor

Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1 tel. (613) 580-2424 ext. 22643

fax (613) 560-1274 e-mail: Robert.Sinclair@city.ottawa.on.ca

North Grenville Karen Dunlop

Kemptville Landfill Site, 190 Cty. Rd. # 44

Kemptville 613 258 7612

Plastic Recycling Markets Enviroplast Inc.

(plastic recycling) 9060 Parkway,

Anjou PQ, H1J 1N5 Tel: (514) 352-6060 Fax: (514) 352-9177

www.enviroplast.com

Envision Recycling (LDPE film recovery) P.O. Box 9, Depot 1

Hamilton ON L8L 7T5 Tel: (905) 627-3600 Fax: (905) 627-4522

Toll Free: (800) 663-2988 www.envisionrecycling.com

Polychem Products (plastics recycling and trading)

725, Gaudette St. Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, PQ

Contacts: Serge Bourret or Gianni Berloni Tel: (450) 348-7392 Fax: (450) 349-2225

www.polychemproducts.com

NexCycle Industries Ltd. 5 Manitou Dr., Unit 15B-2

Kitchener, ON N2C 2J6 Tel: (519) 893-3130 Fax: (519) 893-3318 www.nexcycle.com

Island Plastics Inc. 240 Mason Road P.O. Box 24020

Stratford, PE C1B 2V5 Phone: (902) 894-7527

Fax: (902) 894-4746 http://www.plasticlumber.caContact: Darryl Gallagher

Tel: (902) 569-1368

Agri-Plas Systems Inc. 52 Matwood Drive Stratford, PE, CA

C1B 1K6 Phone: (902) 569-1965 Fax: (902) 569-1952

http://www.agriplas.ca

Cleave Recycling Formally World-wide Recycling of Agriculural Plastics (WRAP)

(pre-processing) Dave Cleave or Matthew Wright

P.O Box 2121 Picton, ON K0K 2T0. Tel: (613) 847 1117

Email: davin@reach.net

Ontario Recycling, Inc. 12 Cairn St.

Rochester NY 14611 Tel: (716) 328-4253 Fax: (716) 328-4256

http://www.ontariorecyclinginc.com

Densiplast Technology Contact: Ian Main Rosetta Unit 7G

Georgetown, ON L7G 3P1 Tel: (519) 809-0138 / (519) 836-0242

Fax: (519) 836-8159

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Manufacturers and Distributors – End Products from Recycled Plastic

Canadian Plastic Lumber Contact: Jim Smiley

164 Needham St., Unit 6 Lindsay, ON K9V 5R7

Tel: (705) 878-5700 Fax: (705) 878-5702

Toll-Free: (888) 255-1212 www.cp-lumber.com

New City Resources Inc. NCR Industrial Centre, 250 Baseline Rd. E.

Bowmanville, ON L1C 1A4 Tel: (905) 697-3888, Fax: (905) 697-0980

Contact: Simon Karam E-Mail: info@newcityresources.com

www.newcityresources.com

Trex Company, LLC Roger A. Wittenberg

Senior Vice President, technical operations 20 South Cameron Street

Winchester, Virginia 22601 USA Tel: (540) 678-4079 Fax: (540) 678-0886

www.trex.com

Poly-Pacific Inc. (parent company for Everwood Agricultural Products)

8918 – 18 St. Edmonton, AB T6P 1K6

Tel: (780) 467-3612 Fax: (780) 464-1852

Contact: Karen Christian www.poly-pacific.compoly@poly-pacific.com

Everwood Agricultural Products Inc. Bob Bilger

429 John St. N. Aylmer, Ont. N5H 2B6

Tel: (519) 773-5889 Fax: (519) 773-3575

J.B.C. Manufacturing (Envirobar and Plasboard Distributors)

RR#5 Lucknow, ON N0G 2N0 Tel: (519) 528-2643 Fax: (519) 528-2057

Davon Sales Inc. For: Kent Farm Equipment

Box 24014 CDO 1100 Dundas St.

Woodstock, ON N4S 8Y4 Tel: (519) 537-2375 Fax: (519) 537-7991

Toll-free (800) 561-1706 Crozier Agencies

For: Victor Stanley, Inc. 121 Brunel Rd.

Mississauga, ON L4Z 3E9 Tel/Fax: (905) 890-0582 Toll-free: (800) 665-3821

Bedford Industries, Inc. Contact: Bob Hill

1659 Rowe Ave., Box 39 Worthington, Minnesota 56187

Tel: (507) 376-4136

Tiqsons Technologies, Inc. (Down to Earth Family Products) 6677 MTCC Meadowvale RPO

P.O. Box 21145 Mississauga, ON L5N 2W0 Tel: (905) 785-9923 Fax: (905) 785-9233

www.tiqsons.com/plastics/

Sol Plastics Contact: Chantal Rouleau

Tel: 1-888-SOL-PLAS (765-7527) Tel.: (514) 254-8525 Fax.: (514) 254-6325

1501, des Futailles Street, Montreal (Quebec) CANADA H1N 3P1

http://www.solplastiques.com/index.htmWellington Polymer Technology Inc.

Contact: Jim Nash 650 Riverview Drive, Unit 1

P.O. Box 1462 Chatham, Ontario, N7M 5W8

Tel: (519) www.enviroshake.com

Energy Recovery from Plastic

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Peel Resource Recovery Inc. 7656 Brama Lee Brampton, ON (905) 791-2777

Contact: Dan Pierce

SWARU (Laidlaw Energy Tech.) 470 Kenora

Hamilton, ON L8E 3X8

(905)560-2332 Contact: John Moore

Plastic Recycling Associations Environment and Plastics Information Council

5925 Airport Rd. Suite 500, Mississauga, ON L4V 1W1

Tel: (905) 678-7405 Fax: (905) 678-0774 www.plastics.ca/epic

Contact: Catherine Cirko Fred Edgecoomb Charmain Entine

American Society for Plasticulture 526 Brittany Drive

State College, PA 16803-1420 USA Tel: (814) 238-7045 Fax: (814) 238-7051

www.plasticulture.org

Recycling Council of Ontario 489 College St., Suite 504

Toronto, ON MG6 1A5

Tel: (416) 960-1025 Fax: (416) 960-8053

www.rco.on.ca

Canadian Plastics Industry Association 5925 Airport Rd., Suite 500

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L4V 1W1

Tel: (905) 678-7748 Fax: (905) 678-0774

www.plastics.caAmerican Plastics Council

1300 Wilson Blvd. Suite 800, Arlington VA 22209 USA

Tel: (800) 243-5790 www.plastics.org

www.plasticsresource.com (info on plastic recycling)

Canadian Association of Recycling Industries Ottawa Office

Len Shaw - Executive Director Tel: (613) 256-8533 Fax: (613) 256-8534

Ajax Office Donna Turner – Association Manager

Tel: (905) 426-9313 Fax: (905) 426-9314 www.cari-acir.org

Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators 25 Douglas Street,

Guelph, ON N1H 2S7 Tel: (519) 823-1990 Fax (519) 823-0084

www.amro.guelph.orgContact: Ben Bennett

Linda Varangu

Ontario Waste Exchange 2395 Speakman Drive

Mississauga, ON L5K 1B3 Tel: (905) 822-7630 Fax: (905) 822 4111

Email: owe@ortech.on.cawww.ortech.on.ca

Center for Plastics Recycling Reseach Information Services Division Building 3529, Busch Campus

P.O. Box 1179 Piscataway, NJ 08855-1179

Tel: (908) 932-4402

Other Contacts: Canada

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Alberta Environmental Protection Contact: Dean Bell, Coordinator, Municipal

Programs, Action on Waste Branch 12th floor, South Petroleum Plaza

Edmonton, AB T5K 2G8 Tel: (780) 422-8466 Fax: (780) 427-1594 dean.bell@gov.ab.ca

P.E.I. Department of Agriculture and Forestry Contact: Shane Murphy, Specialist Services

Supervisor, Market and Industry Development Div. Research Station

440 University Ave. Charlottetown, PE C1A 4N6

Tel: (902) 368-5611 Fax: (902) 368-5729

British Columbia

Contact: Don Bates, P. Ag. Abbotsford Agricultural Centre

1767 Angus Campbell Rd. Abbotsford, BC V3G 2M3

Tel: (604) 556-3085

Island Waste Management Corporation East Prince Waste Management Facility

P.O. Box 271 Slemon Park, PE C0B 2A0

Tel: (902) 854-2241 Fax: (902) 854-2133

United States University of Vermont Extension System

Contact: Glenn Rogers 278 South Main Street, Suite 2

St. Albans, Vermont 05478-1866 Tel: (802) 524-6501 Fax: (802) 524-6062

(note: Glenn Rogers is on sabbatical until January 2001)

University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension Service

John W. Bartok Jr. Extension Professor and Extension Ag. Engineer Department of Natural Resources & Engineering

1376 Storrs Rd. U-87 Storrs, Connecticut 06269-4087

Tel: (203) 486-2840 Fax: (203) 486-5408

Email: jbartok@canrl.cag.uconn.edu James W. Garthe

Agricultural Engineer and Instructor The Pennsylvania State University

246 Agricultural Engineering Building University Park, PA 16802

Tel: (814) 865-7154 Fax: (814) 863-1031

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Risk Management Research Laboratory

Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division Air Pollution Technology Branch, MD-65

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Contact William Linak, Ph.D.

Tel: (919) 541-5792 Fax: (919) 541-0554

Email: blinak@inferno.rtpnc.epa.gov www.epa.gov/docs/crb

Amidon Recycling Consulting Services

Solid Waste Management Arthur Amidon

125 Burns Hill Rd. Wilton, NH 03086

Tel: (603) 654-6577 Fax: (603) 654-6717

DSM Environmental Services Inc. Natalie T. Starr

Environmental Analyst Thrasher Rd. & Rt. 5, Box 466

Ascutney, VT 05030 USA Tel: (802) 674-2840 Fax: (802) 674-6915

Europe - Associations Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe

Avenue van Nieuwhenhuyse 4, Box 3 B-1160 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: (32 2) 675 32 97 Fax: (32 2) 675 39 35

www.apme.orginfo.apme@apme.org

International Federation of Agricultural Producers Rue Chaptal, 21

F-75009 Paris, France Tel: (33 1) 45 26 05 53 Fax: (33 1) 48 74 72 12

www.ifap.org

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European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organizations (EPRO)

Contact: Christian Staudbauer P/a OKK, Handelskai / Top 841

A-1020 Wien, Austria Tel: +43 1 720700142 Fax: +43 1 720700140

E-mail: okk-cs@okk.co.athttp://www.epro-recycling.org

European Plastics Recyclers (EUPR) Avenue de Cortenbergh 66, Box 4

B-1040 Brussels Contact: Alexander Dangis

Tel: +32 2 732 4124 Fax: +32 2 732 4218

Email: eupr@skynet.be

The Scottish Plastic and Rubber Association www.spra.org.uk info@spra.org.uk

Environment Agency Wales Rivers House, St. Mellons Business Park

Fortran Road, St. Mellons Cardiff, CF3 OEY

Tel: 011 44 2920 770088 Fax: 011 44 2920 798555

http://www.environment-agency.wales.gov.uk

United Kingdom – Plastics Manufacturers British Polythene Industries, PLC

John Sale Yarm Road, Stockton-on-Tees,

Co. Durham TS18 3RD http://www.britpoly.co.ukbritpoly@compuserve.comTel: 011 44 1642 672288 Fax: 011 44 1642 664293

Anaplast-Ardeer Alan Harrington Lundholm Rd.

Ardeer, Stevenston, Ayrshire Scotland KA20 3NQ

Tel: 011 44 1294 605111 Fax: 011 44 1294 601125

Amalgamated Plastics Ltd. Carbone Road Industrial Estate

Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3JN United Kingdom

Tel: 011 44 0707 650771 Fax: 011 44 0707 646736

United Kingdom – Agricultural Plastic Recycling Dumfries Plastics Recycling

Jim Montgomery, Works Director College Rd., Dumfries, Scotland DG2 0BU

Tel: 011 44 1387 247110 Fax: 011 44 1387 247109

- runs a plastics recycling plant that handles ag plastics

Roy Hiddleston Solway Recycling

Rigghead Farm, Shawhead Dumfrieshire, Scotland DG2 9SH

Tel/Fax: 011 44 1387 730420 SOLWAY@aol.com

- collects and bales ag plastics - Web site http://www.solwayrecycling.co.uk/

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Harry Birnie North of Scotland Plastic

Whynieton, Maud, Peterhead, Scotland AE42 5SA Tel/fax: 011 44 1771 544444 - collects and bales ag plastic

Cumbria Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Anderson Court, Sullart St.

Cockermouth, Cumbria, England CA13 0EB Tel/fax: 011 44 1900 828684 Email: cumbria@fwag.org.uk

Contact: Carol Douglas, Project Officer (part-time) Tel 01900-824000 fax 01900-828684

mobile 0771 3333153 e-mail farmplastic@aol.com

http://www.fwag.org.uk/PublicFacing/LocalGroups/Cumbria/index.htm

-coordinates an ag plastic recycling scheme Kathryn Beardmore

Regional Manager (North), Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

Yorebridge House, Bainbridge, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3EE

Tel (01969) 650456 ext 306 E-mail: Kathryn.Beardmore@yorkshiredales.org.uk

Website for Information on Scheme: http://www.riverswale.org.uk/project07.html

- developing ag plastic recycling scheme

Urban Mines The Cobbett Centre

Vilage Street, Norwood Green Halifax HX3 8QG England

www.urbanmines.org.ukEmail: info@urbanmines.org.uk

Tel: +44 1274 699400 Fax: +44 1274 699410

- developing ag plastic recycling scheme

Austen Ward Projects Officer

Innovation Relay Centre North England Beta Technology Ltd.

Barclay Court, Doncaster Carr Doncaster, DN4 5HZ England

Email: austen@betatechnology.co.uk- promotion of technology transfer programs in

Europe; contacted other programs in Europe and relayed information between them

Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution Ian Purves-Hume

Islington, Edinburgh EH28 8NB

Tel: 011 44 1313 331023 Fax: 011 44 1313 331027 Email: rsabi@rsabi.org.ukhttp://www.rsabi.org.uk

- runs a ag plastics recycling program in Scotland

Second Life Plastics Wales Marilyn Birch

Old Sawmills, Pencrug, Carmarthen Road, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales SA19 6RS

Tel: 011 44 1558 824590 http://www.slpw.co.uk

- coordinates ag plastics recycling in Wales

Other Europe Contacts Liam Tiernan, REPAK, 1 Ballymount Road,

Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland 22 Tel: (01) 4578200 Fax: (01) 4670197

REPAK - Tel: 4670190 Fax: (01) 4670197 Email: info@repak.ie

WebSite: www.repak.ieRecycling freephone 1800 300 444

- agricultural plastics recycling in Ireland

Dominique Launay Pays de La Loire Innovation

Centre des Salorges II 1 Bd Salvador Allende BP 50531

44105 Nantes Cedex 4, France Tel: 02 51 84 12 12

Email: d.launay@pdlinnov.com- ag plastics recycling in France

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Arena Recycling Henk Oost, Manager Sales & Business

Development Dieselstraat 22, 7131 PC

Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands Tel: 31 544 371372 Fax: 31 544 375495

- recycles most agricultural bags and sheets from Northern Europe

Swiss Federal Research Economics and Engineering Station for Agricultural

Ueli Wolfensberger, Station for Agricultural, Dipl. Masch.-Ing.ETH

Sektionschef Energie- und Umwelttechnick CH-8356 Tanikon Tel: 052 3683131 Fax:052 365 1190

Email:Ulrich.Wolfensberger@fat.admin.ch The Netherlands Organization of Industrial

Technology Hans deGroot, Environment Co-ordinator

Product Development Division TNO Industrial Technology

Dept. Sustainable Product Innovation Schoemakerstraat 97, NL-2628 VK Delft,

P.O.Box 6031, NL-2600 JA Delft The Netherlands

Tel: + 31 15 269 6229 Fax: + 31 15 269 6277

Email: h.degroot@ind.tno.nl- wrote up on best management practices for plastics

in Europe

Stichting Folined Dorpsstraat 50

2396 HC Koudekerk a/d Rijn The Netherlands

Tel: +31 71 5896842 Fax: +31 71 5899800

- ag plastics recycling in The Netherlands

Cicloplast Rosario Pino, 6-7 B

E-28020 Madrid, Spain Tel. (34) 91 571 7606 Fax (34) 91 579 6345

E-mail: cicloplast@cicloplast.com Managing Director: Teresa Martinez

Contact: Alberto Caldeiro E-mail: ciclopla@teleline.es

www.cicloplast.com- developing ag plastics recycling in Spain

Raffinerie Tirlemontoise SA Avenue De Tervuren 182

B-II50 Brussels Belgium

Tel: (2) 771 00 30 Fax: (2) 771 92 35

- ag plastics recycling scheme in Belgium

Deje Bruk AB Box 106

S-669 22 DEJE, Sweden Tel: +46 552-411 50 Fax: +46 552-411 73

E-mail: ab.deje@telia.com Plastic recycling - agricultural plastics and HDPE

plastic packaging. Contact: Lars Hald or Leif Andersson

Plastretur AS Karenslyst Allé 9A, postboks 441,

0212 N-Oslo Norway Tel: +47 22 12 17 80 Fax: +47 22 12 17 81

E-mail: plastretur@plastretur.nohttp://www.plasretur.no

Contact: Peter Sundt - agricultural plastics reycling in Norway

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Dr. Uwe Birk Innovation Relay Centre North Rhine-Westphalia

ZENIT GmbH Dohne 54

D-45468 Muelheim an der Ruhr http://www.zenit.de

tel: +49 208-30004-49 fax: +49 208-30004-68

email: bi@zenit.de- source of information on ag plastics recycling in

Germany

ÖKK - Österreichischer Kunststoff Kreislauf AG Handelskai 388 / Top 841 A-1020 Vienna, Austria

Tel.: +43(1)7207001 Fax: +43(1)7207001-40 e-mail: okk@okk.co.at

http://www.okk.co.at/okk/ - recycling and energy recovery from plastics

Australia Western Australia Dept. Of Agriculture

Bill Smart Box 1231 Bunbury, Western Australia

6231 Australia Tel: 097 25 5218 Fax: 097 25 4136

Email: bsmart@agric.wa.gov.au www.agric.wa.gov.au/

Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association Ian Swann

Level 2, 263 Mary Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia

Tel: +61 3 9429 0670 Fax: +61 3 9429 0690

Email: iswann@pacia.org.auwww.pacia.org.au

North Eastern Victoria Region Waste Council

Jennie Hermiston PO Box 132

Ivanhoe, Victoria 3079, Australia Tel: +61 3 9499 7831 Fax:+ 61 3 9499 7841

Email: jennie.hermiston@nevrwaste.vic.gov.au- coordinates a plastics recycling program with the

Walwa Landcare group in Victoria territory

EcoRecycle Victoria Kevin Mooney

Project Manager - Market Development Level 2 - 478 Albert St.

East Melbourne Vic. 3002 Tel: +61 03 9653 6925 Fax: +61 03 9639 3077

Email: kmooney@ecorecycle.vic.gov.au- involved with the development of a code of practice for collecting film from farmers and funding of a washing plant to process plastics

Reports Plastic Recycling in Quebec

Consultants MESAR inc.- Formation et Integration de gestion environnementale

6500, boul. Raoul-Duchesne, Becancour, P.Q., G9H 2V2

tel.: (819) 294-6120 (poste 222) fax: (819) 294-6123

email: nicolina.dagosto@mesar.qc.caweb site: www.mesar.qc.ca

Dr. Klementina Khait Director, Polymer Technology Center

Northwestern University 1801 Maple Avenue

Evanston, IL 60201-3140 USA Tel: (847) 491-2742 Fax: (847) 467-5723

Email: kkhait@northwestern.edu- report on new technology for recycling

agricultural waste

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