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Jul 17, 2006

Recycling Agricultural Plastics

Photo Gallery: Using & Recycling Agricultural Plastics

Balers Designed for Ag Plastics

"Big Foot"-FeedingPlastic	"Big Foot" in Transit	"Big Foot"-Plunger Down	"Big Foot"-Finished Bale
Source: Dennis Sutton 2006

Disposable Plastics Used in Agriculture

Plastic Mulches	Silage Bags & Wraps	Nursery Pots, Trays, & Flats	Greenhouse Coverings
Source: Garthe 2003

Hoophouse Coverings
Source: Amidon 2002

Bunker Silos, covered with plastic film and used tires
Source: Levitan 2002

Bunker silo cover, with Velitex Silage Protection permeable silobags filled with 35 lb crushed stone
Source: Thomas 2003

Bags of potting soil and soil amendments
Source: Garthe 2003

Nursery Pots
Source: Garthe 2003

Mulch film & drip tape collected for baling and reprocessing into plastic lumber
Source: Garthe 2003

Products and Equipment for Bagging Silage and Haylage

Products and equipment for bagging silage or haylage
Source: Levitan 2002

Discarded Agricultural Plastics

Dirty silage wrap
Source: Island Plastics/Agri-Plas Systems 2000

Discarded Plastic Mulch	Discarded Silage Bags	Discarded Nursery Pots & Flats	Discarded Greenhouse Covers
Source: Garthe 2003

Used, stored & discarded nursery pots
Source: Garthe 2003

Nursery Plastic in Dumpster
Source: Garthe 2003

Recycling Agricultural Plastics

Removal of LDPE film from hoophouses and baling, using Tiger Baler
Source: Amidon 2002

Recycled Plastic Products

Plastic lumber fence posts
Source: Island Plastics/Agri-Plas Systems 2000

Agricultural Plastics Combusted for Energy

Plastic fuel nuggets (Plastofuel) made from used black mulch film (top) and used clear greenhouse film(bottom).
Source: Garthe 2003

Prototype machine for producing fuel nuggets
Source: Garthe 2003

Burner designed by Korean company to burn waste plastic pellets
Source: Garthe 2003

Photograph Sources

Amidon, Arthur. 2002. Saving Money by Recycling AgPlastics. Connecticut Agricultural Plastics Feasibility Study. [Powerpoint slide show presented at the] NHCNLA Winter Meeting, Hartford, Connecticut, January 16, 2002 (accessed at http://main.tellink.net/~aamidon).

Garthe, James W. March 2003. Used Agricultural Plastics as Fuel. 12 pages.

Island Plastics / Agri-Plas Systems 2000 Inc. udated. Pictures of plastic lumber fense posts.

Levitan, Lois. 2002. untitled (Pictures of silage and haylage bagging equipment, and bunker silos covered with plastic film and used tires).

Thomas, Ev. 2003. Miner Institute. Photos show Velitex Silage Protection (http://www.agri-flex.com).

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