Schuyler County Agricultural Plastic Container Recycling Program 2016
The Schuyler County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will once again be working with USAg Recycling Inc. to offer local agricultural producers an environmentally “green”, convenient option for disposing of their empty agricultural plastic containers for the 2016 season. Pre-registration required by September 28, 2016.
The service is free to farmers and provides an environmentally friendly alternative to throwing away agricultural containers. Collected containers are ground into chips and recycled as corrugated plastic field drainage pipe and other ACRC (Ag Container Recycling Council) approved products.
Only HDPE #2 plastic containers will be accepted, ranging from less than 1 gallon to 55 gallon barrels. Large 250 gallon shuttle totes must be cut into 2 foot wide pieces and be free of any hardware. To be acceptable for recycling, plastic containers must be empty, clean (triple rinsed), uncapped, and dry. Labels that come off without much difficulty should be removed.
Pre-registration is required so if you wish to participate in the 2016 collection, call Schuyler SWCD at 535-0878. To help store containers until pick up time, bags that hold 50 to 60 – 2.5 gallon containers are available for free upon registration.
The Schuyler County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will once again be working with USAg Recycling Inc. to offer local agricultural producers an environmentally “green”, convenient option for disposing of their empty agricultural plastic containers for the 2016 season. Pre-registration required by September 28, 2016.
The service is free to farmers and provides an environmentally friendly alternative to throwing away agricultural containers. Collected containers are ground into chips and recycled as corrugated plastic field drainage pipe and other ACRC (Ag Container Recycling Council) approved products.
Only HDPE #2 plastic containers will be accepted, ranging from less than 1 gallon to 55 gallon barrels. Large 250 gallon shuttle totes must be cut into 2 foot wide pieces and be free of any hardware. To be acceptable for recycling, plastic containers must be empty, clean (triple rinsed), uncapped, and dry. Labels that come off without much difficulty should be removed.
Pre-registration is required so if you wish to participate in the 2016 collection, call Schuyler SWCD at 535-0878. To help store containers until pick up time, bags that hold 50 to 60 – 2.5 gallon containers are available for free upon registration.