If Manitoba farmers have empty grain bags or used baler twine around the farm, there is still time to tidy up and recycle them before the full onset of winter, Cleanfarms says. “It doesn’t matter if the grain bags were purchased this year, or if they were left over from previous years,” Barry Friesen, Cleanfarms executive director, said.
Older grain bags and used baler twine can still be recycled
The start of a new permanent program in Manitoba doesn’t affect existing efforts
Cleanfarms raises the bar on recycling of agricultural containers
The stewardship organization wants to recycle 100 per cent of agricultural plastic jugs this year
In the three decades since Cleanfarms began collecting agricultural plastic containers, about 126 million plastic jugs have been recycled into new products instead of being disposed in landfills. The voluntary stewardship program in Prairie communities currently recovers about 65 per cent of the smaller plastic containers (23 litres or smaller) that are placed on the
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