Ag Plastics


Ag Plastic Recycling: Used Bale Wrap Wanted

December 2, 2024:

 

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Bale Wrap Recycling



We want your used bale wrap.  

We are starting a recycling program for ag plastics, beginning with bale wrap.  Our goal is to keep the cost of recycling farm plastic competitive with what you already spend to landfill it.  We’re going to figure out if that is possible this year.

 


Here’s how it works.  

You are going to spend $50 and become a 2025 member of CRWFA if you aren’t already.  We will bring you empty totes (super sacks).  You fill them up with clean and dry used wrap.  When one or two are full, you call/text/email us and we pick it up and leave more empty totes.  

 


Use a lot of bale wrap and think totes are too much trouble?  That’s okay, we’ll figure out an alternative that works for you.  Give us a call.

 


It’s gotta be clean.  

In order for the plastic recyclers to work with us, we need to give them material that is as clean and dry as possible.  Only bale wrap (no netting, it’s a different plastic).  Some moisture and bale juice is okay, but no gravel, no heavy dirt or manure, no snow/ice/water.  If that shows up in the plastic we send them, they may stop taking it from us, or at least dock us pay.  We need the best price we can get in order to cover transport costs.  So we all gotta do our part, take our wrap off and put it right into a clean, dry place until someone picks it up.

 

It’s gotta be in the CT River Valley (for now).  

VT and NH farms both welcome.  If you’re close to our watershed, get in touch anyway and if we can get you in our collection route we will.

 


If you’re interested in recycling bale wrap this Winter and Spring (2024-2025):


We’ll get back to you directly.

Mike, Guy, and Annie

April 25, 2024:

Ag Plastic - bale wrap wanted.  Interested?  

Contact us by email: crwfa.info@gmail.com 

Or fill out this form: Used Bale Wrap Form


We are working on an ag plastic recycling project.  Our first step is to collect enough bale wrap to make 1 compacted bale.  We’ll send that to a recycler for them to test for us.  If all goes well, we’ll expand the program.  We want the cost of recycling farm plastic to be less than, or competitive with, what you already spend to landfill it.

 

If you’re interested in recycling bale wrap this spring 2024, fill out the online form, or send us an email with this information:

 

1. Name and farm name

2. Your location - farm address

3. Approximate number of bales you feed out

4. How do you store it after unwrapping and how dirty is it (photos welcome).  Rocks and gravel not good, some juice or water okay (but the cleaner the better)

 

We’ll then get back to you individually.