Pesticide Container Recycling

Michigan and Nationwide Opportunities 2017 Agricultural Plastics Forum

February 14, 2017

Abigail Eaton MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE &

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Presentation Format

• Ag Container Recycling Council– Background– Results

• Michigan Pesticide Container RecyclingProgram– Description– Results– How you can participate

• Audience questions and comments

The Ag Container Recycling Council

(ACRC) • What: A non-profit corporation formed in 1992 to

facilitate and manage the collection and recycling of one-way HDPE crop protection and other specialty pest control containers in a cost effective manner.

• Funding: Voluntary. Paid for by agricultural crop

protection product manufacturers and distributors who sell their products in HDPE containers

ACRC Mission Statement

The mission of the ACRC is to facilitate the collection and recycling of one-way rigid HDPE plastic agricultural crop protection, specialty pest control, micronutrient/fertilizer, and/or adjuvant product containers through member support of cost effective programs that foster public health and safety, environmental protection, resource conservation and end user convenience.

Plastic Flow

User

ACRC Approved End user

ACRC Approved Plastic processor

Promotes participation Education on cleaning

None

Funds contractors & administers compliance with terms

ACRC ROLE/RESPONSIBILITIES

ACRC identifies and approves

Distributors/Retailers Education on cleaning and program

Manufacturer Solicits as members

ACRC Contractor

Collection site hosts

ACRC identifies and approves

Membership in ACRC

• 38 Regular Members and 11 Affiliate Members in 2016

• Funded by member dues based on annual survey: – Companies report volume of HDPE plastic containers

put into relevant product lines. – Individual company sales data only known by ACRC

staff

• Each member’s dues are assessed as percent of total aggregate sales of all members

ADAMA Agricultural Solutions, Ltd. Albaugh, Inc. AMVAC Chemical Corporation Arysta LifeScience, LLC BASF Corporation Bayer Bayer HealthCare LLC Brandt Consolidated, Inc. Certis USA, LLC Dow AgroSciences, LLC DuPont Crop Protection Ensystex, Inc. Fine Americas, Inc. FMC Agricultural Products Gowan Company, LLC Helena Chemical Company Isagro USA Liphatech, Inc. Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.

ACRC Membership 2016 Miller Chemical & Fertilizer Monsanto Company Nichino America, Inc. Nufarm Americas, Inc. Plant Food Systems, Inc. PBI/Gordon Corporation PROKoZ, Inc. RiceCo, LLC SePRO Corporation SipcamAdvan USA, Inc. Syngenta Crop Protection Tenkoz, Inc. TKI/NovaSource United Phosphorus, Inc. Valent Group of Companies Wilbur-Ellis Company Willowood USA, LLC Winfield Solutions, LLC Zoetis, Inc.

Financial Facts

• ACRC members pay ~ $0.12 per 2.5 gallon container • Invested > $70 million since 1993 • Recycled plastic value = $0.32/lb. • Cost to the end user is zero!

(Source: ACRC)

USAg Recycling

Agri-Plas G. Phillips & Sons,

LLC

ACRC Recycling Program

Interstate Ag Plastics

ACRC-Maine Program (2 baling sites) State of

Montana

Non ACRC programs

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ACRC Approved End Uses

How Much Is Being Recycled?

• 165,000,000 lbs recycled since 1992. Recentlythe program has been recycling an average of10,000,000 lbs annually.

• 2015 rate = 32% of material– 32.5 million lbs HDPE put into the market– 10.4 million lbs HDPE recycled

• US Ag Retailer participation rate = 20%Canada Ag Retailer = 80%+

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ACRC Service in Michigan

• Work in Cooperation with the MichiganAgriculture Environmental StewardshipProgram (MAEAP) – supply storage bags

• Previous Contractors: Tri-Rinse for 15 years,CSN for 8 years

• New contractor: G. Phillips & Sons, LLC• Accept all HDPE containers up to 55 gallon

drums

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Recycling Steps

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Michigan Pesticide Container Recycling 1.7 Million Pounds

Pesticide Container Recyling How To:

• What: Pesticide containers (HDPE) from 2.5gallon – 55 gallon drums

• Preparation: MUST be triple or pressurerinsed

• Parts and caps removed.• Label & booklet removed• Store in oversize plastic bags or tie together

with twine. Keep clean & dry.

Storage & Collection

• Place jugs in oversize plastic bags (contactMDARD) or

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• Tie jugs together with twine

Set up a pick-up/Find closest drop-off

• Contact G. Phillips and Sons:– Stacey Bruinsma: 248-961-3360,

sbruinsma@phillipsandsons.com– General: 563-942-0391,

pickup@gpsagrecycle.com

• www.gpsagrecycle.com – Check serviceschedule page to see where trucks will be.

• www.michigan.gov/pesticidecontainerrecycling

Other options

• Sponsor an open collection site for your areaproducers or industry

• Work with GPS to coordinate a “just in time”collection for producers or industry– Staff/volunteer will have to monitor condition of

incoming containers– Need to advertise

MDARD may fund 3-4 balers for regional placement

• Looking for possible locations– Must make sense from a volume standpoint– Must be willing to accept from producers and

competitors, if a business– Must be able to monitor container cleanliness

before entering the baler

A Few Words About IBCs (caged totes) – Mauser/National Container Group

• Pickup@nationalcontainer.com

Questions?

Michigan Department of Agriculture

@MichDeptofAg MIagriculture

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