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Plastic Recycling September 01, 2015 08:00:53 AM

Agricultural plastics recycling up 42% in New Zealand

Paul Ploumis
ScrapMonster Author
New Zealand's recycling service Plasback, which collects plastic waste from farms and vineyards around the country, has amassed 1743 tonnes in the latest financial year - which is 42% more than in the previous period.

Agricultural plastics recycling up 42% in New Zealand

CANBERRA (Scrap Monster): 'We've seen a 500-tonne increase in the amount of plastics that we've collected from around farms and we've seen a 600% increase in our high-density polyethylene collections,' comments the recycling scheme's manager Chris Hartshorne.

Plasback has been experiencing 'rapid growth' as a result of greater recycling awareness among farmers, something which Hartshorne suspects has been driven largely by reports published on agricultural rural waste.

Plasback also collects 200-litre Ecolab and Agpro plastic drums from farms, collection rates of which are also well up on last year. A total of 1483 large drums were collected during the first six months of 2014/15 compared to 1688 during the full 2013/14 year.

Farmers in Southland and Otago typically recycle the most plastic, while the Taranaki region has seen the greatest growth in the past year with an increase of 125%. Hartshorne praises farmers for continuing to embrace recycling - and the NZ$ 40 (around US$ 26) collection fee per bin - despite facing 'difficult' market conditions.

Courtesy: www.recyclinginternational.com

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