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

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.

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.

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)

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:

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

Renfrew
Frontenac
Lanark
Ottawa-Carleton
Stormont
Dundas
Glengarry
Prescott
Russell
Leeds
Grenville
TOTAL:

15
6
7
2
4
3
3
4
2
6
2
54 (70%)

7
7
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
23 (30%)

Cost Range
1 / 2 ton truck
$5 - $8
No charge
$20
No charge
$10
$10 - $20
$10
No charge
$15
No charge
No charge
$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.

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

1-Hexene
Hexane
Benzene
1-Heptane
Toluene
1-Octane
Octane

Test:
Kerosene
Only
x

x
x
x

Test:
Used Ag.
Plastic
x
x
x
x
x
x
x

Compound

Hexamethyl
Cyclotrisiloxane
Ethyl Benzene
Dimethyl Benzene
1-Nonane
Nonane
Ethnyl Benzene

Test:
Kerosene
Only
x

Test:
Used Ag.
Plastic
x

x
x

x
x
x
x
x

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 drivers 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

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
Agricultural plastic
- wrap, bags, tubes, sheets
Wood
Newspaper
Fuel Oil

British Thermal Units (BTU)/pound

18 500 19 500
7 000 7 500
8 000
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 endproducts 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

The most commonly recycled

plastics material, PET is
primarily used for soft drink
bottles.

Rare

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

PVC (or vinyl) is used to

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

Water pipes, hoses

The largest end-use of LDPE is

film for bags, such as bread bags,
trash bags.

Greenhouse film, mulch

film, silage bags

Polyethylene Terephthalate

High Density Polyethylene

Polyvinyl Chloride

Low Density Polyethylene

Linear Low Density
Polyethylene (LLDPE)

Stretch wrap for silage

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

PS is used in some yogurt cups,

egg cartons, meat trays, and
disposable utensils. It is also used
to make videocassettes and
televisions.
Various other plastics resin types
and multi-layered material form
this group.

Flats, pots, growing mixes

Polypropylene

Polystyrene

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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:
Recycling

Garbage Truck Pick-Up

Trucking
Depot Site
With Compactor
Farm Using Ag-Plastic

Energy Recovery

Farmer Delivers

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.

Figure 7(b) Finished plastic bales

(Source: OMAF)

(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
Distance
Traveled
Storage Method
Age of Film
Amount
Rejected
Contaminants

100 Bales - 2 Ag
Bags
19 km

300 Bales

300 Bales

300 Bales

25 km

16 km

5 km

Shed
1 year old
5%

Shed
1 year old
2%

Shed
1 year old
none

Outside
1 year old
40 %

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
Dry
Average
Wet/Dirty

Moisture
Contamination
0%
25%
47%

Dirt
Contamination
14%
4%
6%

Total
Contamination
14%
29%
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

Figure 19: Products Made From

Recycled Plastics
(Source: OMAFRA)

Roadside Posts

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
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 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.org
hrudy@ontariosoilcrop.org
Ontario Cattlemens 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

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
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
Randy Howanyk
11 Appletree Drive
Kitchener, ON N2A 4C9
Tel: (519) 896-6374
Fax: (519) 896-6375

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
Amplas Manufacturing Ltd
(Plastics products)
1-9 Ivyhouse La
Hastings, East Sussex TN354NN
Tel: 011-44-424 722650

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

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.com
Sam 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
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
Sacomatic Inc.
(Sacomatic silage bags)
790, Rang 4
Saints-Anges, PQ G0S 3E0
Tel: (418) 253-5745
Fax: (418) 253-5645
www.sacomatic.com
Contact: Yves Giriad
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
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

Balcan Plastics Ltd.

(plastic film)
9340 Meaux St.
St-Leonard, PQ H1R 3H2
Tel: (514) 326-9130
Fax: (514) 326-4565
www.balcan.com
Contact: Jack Baron
920 Alness St.
Downsview, ON
M3J 2H7
Tel: (416) 661-6266
Fax: (416) 661-4819

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
Tenneco Packaging
Suite 300
Dearfield, Illinois
60015 USA
Tel: (847) 914-1909
Fax: (847) 914-1991
Contact: John Burns
Uniplast Industries Inc.
(plastic film)
Jack Swinimer
Box 2000, 301 Forest Ave.
Orillia, ON L3B 6R9
Tel: (705) 326-1777
Fax: (705) 325-7120

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-Rmi, Qubec
J0L 2L0
Ontario Contact: Eric Mnard
Tel: (450) 454-3961
Fax: (450) 454-6638
Toll-free: (800) 667-6279
www.plastitech.com
R & R Materials
Robert Mowatt and Randy Lavier
#3 Unit 5
South Gower Business Park
Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0
Tel: (613) 258-9828
Norcan Farm Equipment Ltd.
Box 1237, Cambridge ON N1R 6C9
Tel: (519) 623-8261
Fax: (519) 623-2299

Amjay Company Ropes and Twines

17075 Leslie St. Unit 6
Newmarket, ON L3Y 8E1
Tel: (800) 668-5104
Fax: (905) 830-0448

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.ca
info@calhoun.on.ca
Zorwood Agr. Services Ltd.
David Howe
RR#5 Embro, ON N0J 1J0
Tel: (519) 475-4184

Horst Choring Aids Company

Glen or Elvin Horst
RR#4 Elmira, ON
N3B 2Z3
Tel: (519) 669-5439
Fax: (519) 669-5430
Alberta AgIndustries Ltd
Box 1560
Westlock, AB
T0G 2L0
Tel: (404) 349-4719
Fax: (403) 349-4741

Local Recycling Private Companies or Municipalities

Scotts Plains Recycling
390 Pido Rd, Peterborough ON,
K9J 6X0
(705) 876-1600
Contact: John Baldry

R.A.R.E.
265 Industrial Rd.
Alexandria, ON K0C 1A0
Tel: (613) 525-5112
Fax: (613) 525-5114
Contact: Rene Jeaurond
Zorra Township
Jennie Hinan
P.O. Box 306,
Ingersoll, ON N5C 3K5
Tel: (519) 485-2490
Fax: (519) 485-2520

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
Barrons Disposal Systems
RR#1
Haley Station, ON
Tel: (613) 432-6070

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
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
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.ca
Contact: Darryl Gallagher
Tel: (902) 569-1368
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
Densiplast Technology
Contact: Ian Main
Rosetta Unit 7G
Georgetown, ON L7G 3P1
Tel: (519) 809-0138 / (519) 836-0242
Fax: (519) 836-8159

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
NexCycle Industries Ltd.
5 Manitou Dr., Unit 15B-2
Kitchener, ON N2C 2J6
Tel: (519) 893-3130
Fax: (519) 893-3318
www.nexcycle.com

Agri-Plas Systems Inc.

52 Matwood Drive
Stratford, PE, CA
C1B 1K6
Phone: (902) 569-1965
Fax: (902) 569-1952
http://www.agriplas.ca

Ontario Recycling, Inc.

12 Cairn St.
Rochester NY 14611
Tel: (716) 328-4253
Fax: (716) 328-4256
http://www.ontariorecyclinginc.com

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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
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

J.B.C. Manufacturing
(Envirobar and Plasboard Distributors)
RR#5 Lucknow, ON N0G 2N0
Tel: (519) 528-2643
Fax: (519) 528-2057

Crozier Agencies
For: Victor Stanley, Inc.
121 Brunel Rd.
Mississauga, ON L4Z 3E9
Tel/Fax: (905) 890-0582
Toll-free: (800) 665-3821
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/

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
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.com
poly@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
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
Bedford Industries, Inc.
Contact: Bob Hill
1659 Rowe Ave., Box 39
Worthington, Minnesota 56187
Tel: (507) 376-4136
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.htm

Wellington 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
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
American 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)

Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators

25 Douglas Street,
Guelph, ON N1H 2S7
Tel: (519) 823-1990
Fax (519) 823-0084
www.amro.guelph.org
Contact: Ben Bennett
Linda Varangu
Center for Plastics Recycling Reseach
Information Services Division
Building 3529, Busch Campus
P.O. Box 1179
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1179
Tel: (908) 932-4402

American Society for Plasticulture

526 Brittany Drive
State College, PA 16803-1420 USA
Tel: (814) 238-7045
Fax: (814) 238-7051
www.plasticulture.org

Canadian Plastics Industry Association

5925 Airport Rd., Suite 500
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
L4V 1W1
Tel: (905) 678-7748
Fax: (905) 678-0774
www.plastics.ca
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
Ontario Waste Exchange
2395 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, ON L5K 1B3
Tel: (905) 822-7630
Fax: (905) 822 4111
Email: owe@ortech.on.ca
www.ortech.on.ca

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)

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

Amidon Recycling
Consulting Services
Solid Waste Management
Arthur Amidon
125 Burns Hill Rd.
Wilton, NH 03086
Tel: (603) 654-6577
Fax: (603) 654-6717

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
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
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.org
info.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 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

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.at
http://www.epro-recycling.org
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.uk
britpoly@compuserve.com
Tel: 011 44 1642 672288
Fax: 011 44 1642 664293
Amalgamated Plastics Ltd.
Carbone Road Industrial Estate
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 3JN
United Kingdom
Tel: 011 44 0707 650771
Fax: 011 44 0707 646736

Anaplast-Ardeer
Alan Harrington
Lundholm Rd.
Ardeer, Stevenston, Ayrshire
Scotland KA20 3NQ
Tel: 011 44 1294 605111
Fax: 011 44 1294 601125

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

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
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
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

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
Urban Mines
The Cobbett Centre
Vilage Street, Norwood Green
Halifax HX3 8QG England
www.urbanmines.org.uk
Email: info@urbanmines.org.uk
Tel: +44 1274 699400
Fax: +44 1274 699410
- developing ag plastic recycling scheme
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.uk
http://www.rsabi.org.uk
- runs a ag plastics recycling program in Scotland

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.ie
Recycling 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
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
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

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
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

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 All 9A, postboks 441,
0212 N-Oslo Norway
Tel: +47 22 12 17 80
Fax: +47 22 12 17 81
E-mail: plastretur@plastretur.no
http://www.plasretur.no
Contact: Peter Sundt
- agricultural plastics reycling in Norway

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

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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

KK - sterreichischer 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.au
www.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.ca
web 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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