Recycling more farm plastics

IFFPG, The national farm plastics recycling scheme, is providing over 230 bring-centre locations nationwide this year where farmers can recycle the full range of farm plastics.

Farmers are advised to bring their silage plastics in loose as usual to the bring-centres. The rate this year for silage plastics is €15 per half tonne with the label code. This represents the most cost efficient recycling service.

In county Cork, IFFPG will conduct 25 Bring-centres spread right across the county. Nearly 5,000 farmers recycled plastic at these bring-centres and over 3,000 tonnes of farm plastic was collected last year. A full list of our Bring-centres every year is on our web-site www. farmplastics.ie or alternatively you can LoCall 1890 300 444 for in addition to silage plastics, IFFPG in partnership with Farm Plastics Recycling is also collecting other farm waste plastics. These plastics include:

· Small fertilizer and feed bags, bulk bag Liners

· Bulk fertilizer and feed bags (liners to be removed), · Chemical containers (triple rinsed) · Netting and twine. In order to avail of this service, farmers should segregate the various categories of plastic mentioned into used bulk bags. The recycling fee is €15 per bag at the bring-centre. In 2015 IFFPG collected and recycled over 25,000 tonnes of farm plastics. IFFPG is confident that 2016 will be another very successful year, in terms of service to farmers and recycling rates.

Photo by Sheila Fitzgerald William Egan, Milford won first prize for his Hereford heifer calf at the Kanturk Mart Hereford Calf Promotion. In William’s absence, John Murphy of Kanturk Mart accepted the prize presented by John Joe O’Reilly of the Hereford Society. Also included...