Manitoba Approves Cleanfarms’ Stewardship Program Plan
In July 2023, Manitoba Environment and Climate Change approved Cleanfarms’ Crop Input Packaging Recovery Program. This ensures that Manitoba farmers can continue their long-standing efforts to keep pesticide & fertilizer containers, drums & totes off of farms and incorporated into new products.
Seed, pesticide and inoculant bag collections are now available on a permanent basis which provides new opportunities to keep Manitoba’s farmland and communities clean.
View: approved SSP | approval letter
What’s New
Ag Recycling Prep Steps
Building a zero waste strategy for ag
Link to: Manitoba Ag Plastic Program (MAPP)
Grain bag & twine recycling (MB)
Let’s make it 100% –
recycle every jug!
By the numbers (since inception)
149 million units
Plastic Containers (23 litres and smaller) for Pesticides and Fertilizers
392,000 units
Non-refillable Bulk Pesticide and Fertilizer Drums/Totes
3,000 tonnes*
Seed and Pesticide Bags
4,200 tonnes
Old, Obsolete Livestock/Equine Medications
67.3 tonnes
Old livestock/equine medication
12,700 tonnes
Grain Bags, Agricultural Film and Baler Twine Plastic
*Includes fertilizer bags which are collected in Quebec and inoculant bags that are included in the Prairie pilot and throughout Eastern Canada.
