Saturday 14 July 2012

Recycling of agricultural plastic focus of Tully event


By Debra J. Groom, The Post-Standard 
Area agriculture and environmental officials checked out the latest in agricultural plastic recycling Friday morning at the Burgett Farm in Tully.
They got to see how the plastic used as fruit and vegetable row covers, bale wraps or bunk silo covers on dairy farms or greenhouse covers can be put into a machine to condense it into a plastic bale. The recycled plastic often is used to make wheel chocks, highway guardrail posts or non-concrete sidewalks.
Finding ways to recycle these plastics has been imperative since October 2009, when the state made it illegal to burn waste plastics in open fires on farms or anywhere else in the state.
Mark Burger, executive director of the Onondaga County Soil and Water Conservation District, who sponsored Friday’s demonstration, said there are no current recycling opportunities available in Onondaga County for ag plastics. The Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, Cornell University and the Onondaga County Soil and Water are working to establishment some small scale recycling pilot projects to help move this recycling initiative forward.
USAg Recycling, a Texas company, comes to New York state once a year to provide free recycling services. Go to this website for more information or call (800) 654-3145.
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