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Agricultural Plastics

Agricultural plastic bags or containers need to be thoroughly cleaned before being taken to recycle.


Agricultural plastics are  grain bags, twine, net wrap, silage plastic, seed bags, pesticide and fertilizer containers. Agricultural plastic bags or containers are made of stable materials that do not easily degrade and need to be thoroughly cleaned before being taken to a land fill to avoid any contamination of the ground.
 

 Burning plastic has environmental and health concerns as it produces dioxins, heavy metals, and furans. Dioxins and furans are known carcinogens and  have proven negative effects on the immune, nervous, endocrine, and reproductive systems of humans and animals. 

Recycling Process




1. Sort & Ship

Bottles are sorted manually into bags by type then shipped to a plastic reprocessing plant where they begin the recycling process.


2. Wash

An intense wash process cleans the bottles, removing labels & contaminates.


3. Shred

Once the cleaning is complete, the bottles go through a process that shreds the plastic into tiny pieces. They heat the plastic pieces and then press them into tiny pellets.


4. Reuse

Manufacturers use the plastic pellets to make new products like bottles, liquid containers, packaging and more.


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One thing to do different

Organic farming uses no pesticides
or fertilizers, eliminating any associated containers.
New Recycling Programs

 In Canada Simply Ag Solutions started a Grain Bag Recycling Program, and CleanFARMS Agricultural Plastic Recycling Program.
 Effect on our Community

In Saskatchewan, CleanFARMS recycling program collected 2,200,468 containers in Saskatchewan alone. This amounts to 816,467 kilograms of plastic that was diverted from landfills and burning barrels across the province.


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