Clark County UW-Extension and Revolution Plastics Providing Ag Plastic Recycling Dumpsters to Clark County Farmers, Part 2
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 -- 1:29 PM
-The Clark County UW-Extension Office and Revolution Plastics are excited to bring an ag plastics recycling event to Clark County.Revolution Plastics will be distributing dumpsters in Clark County on Tuesday, July 18th for on-farm agricultural plastics recycling. I spoke with Clark County’s CNRED Agent Melissa Kono, who was instrumental in bringing this to the county, and she explained the program in more detail.
"Revolution Plastics actually processes this plastic here in the U.S. They don't ship anything over seas. And they make it into commercial garbage bags typically used in hospitals and universities. They do also make the plastic, recycle it into other agricultural plastic. They do like an irrigation type plastic bag that's more common in other areas down south for agricultural use. We've had this problem where, plastics have been great for keeping silage dry and protecting hay. But once it's had its use, what do you do with it? And farmers have had to pay for it to be hauled away through a traditional dumpster or garbage collection service. Some have resorted to burning it, which is technically illegal, and harmful to the environment. So, this provides a no cost solution to farmers to get rid of the plastic so it's not blowing around the farm."
Coming up on Wednesday, we'll hear more about the event.
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