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Agricultural Plastics

  • Jan. 16 2012 - Industry developing solutions to manage agricultural waste plastics in Saskatchewan
  • Jan. 5 2012 - CleanFARMS to develop program to manage agricultural plastic waste in Ontario
  • Jan. 2012 - Farmers grapple with grain bag proliferation (article, Western Producer)
  • Oct. 2011 - Saskatchewan Agricultural Waste Stewardship Consultation Report - Final Report
  • Saskatchewan Grain Bag Recycling Project Launched - Press Release, March 24/11 and update May, 2011
  • March 2011 - Huge plastic bags a worry on Prairies (article, CBC.ca)
  • January 20, 2011 SWRC / Moose Jaw Workshop: "Recycling Agriculatural Plastics - It's In the Bag! (?)" - Presentation and discussion notes are available on-line.
  • Jan. 2011 - Feds, Manitoba invest in waste management research
  • Aug. 2010 - Farm plastic recycle push in New Zealand (from stuff.co.nz)
  • June 2010 - Ministry of Environment says "don't burn grain bags"
  • April 2010 - Saskatchewan Agricultural Film Plastic Recycling Study
  • Spring 2010 - Oregon plastics recycler converts agricultural plastics into oil
  • March 2010 - Moose Jaw River Watershed Authority holds pilots in ag plastics recycling - see presentation (2.08M)
  • March 2010 - HELP International to start grain bag recycling program (article, Weyburn Review)
  • March 2010 - Grain bag disposal a growing concern (article, PA Daily Herald)
  • January 20, 2010 SWRC Ag Plastics Workshop January 20, 2010 - presentations.
  • Jan. 2010, Manitoba - Grain bags need more study (article)
  • Nov. 2009, Alberta - Ag Plastics Recycling -- what's everyone else doing?
  • Nov. 2009 - Agricultural Plastics - what are they, how do we deal with them?
  • Nov. 2009 - Editorial - Problems and solutions and problems and solutions...
  • Feb. 2009 - Tackling the Ag Plastic Dilemma (article, Resource Recycling)
  • June 2006, Ontario - Turning hay bale plastic into baleboard
  • BC Ag Plastics Recycling Pilot presentation (Sept.06 to Dec. 07)
  • EPIC/CPIA - Best Practices Guide for Agricultural Plastic Film

 

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