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Cleanfarms Collecting Agricultural Baler Twine in PEI for Recycling
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminETOBICOKE, Ontario (June 8, 2021) – PEI farmers produce an estimated 66 tonnes of used agricultural baler twine annually, according to a Cleanfarms study. Until recently, recycling programs to manage this material when it was no longer needed were not available. But that has changed. Under a new Cleanfarms project launched in partnership with the […]
Bruce Farmers Working with Cleanfarms on Ag Zero Waste Strategy
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminETOBICOKE, Ontario (June 4, 2021) – Farmers in Bruce County are playing a crucial role in a network of farmers from BC to PEI who are working with Cleanfarms in various pilot projects to help develop a leading-edge zero plastic waste strategy for Canadian agriculture. Participants in these pilots are farmers/producers who operate farms involving […]
Canadian Farmers Set Record Recycling Rate for Ag-Plastic Jugs –76% in 2020
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminETOBICOKE, ON (May 31, 2021) – Every year for the past 32 years, Cleanfarms has calculated the rolling three-year average recycling rate of agricultural pesticide and fertilizer containers that are 23L and smaller. The great news is that the 2020 recycling rate just calculated shows another major surge in recycling these containers in 2020 at […]
Cleanfarms Releases 2020 Annual Report Highlighting Gains in Collecting Ag-Waste for Recycling
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminETOBICOKE, ON – Cleanfarms released its 2020 Annual Report last week highlighting the performance of its permanent programs and pilot projects that recover used agricultural products and packaging for recycling or environmentally responsible disposal. The recovery numbers reflected in the report show clearly that Canadian farmers will use environmental programs that help them manage ag waste […]
Earth Week Signals Start of Agricultural Jug Recycling Again
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminMoose Jaw, SK (April 19, 2021) – This week, April 19 to 25, is Earth Week and with it comes a reminder to Canadian farmers that the annual agricultural plastic jug recycling program is about to start again, says Cleanfarms, the national stewardship organization that recovers agricultural waste like plastic jugs for recycling. Cleanfarms’ program […]
Cleanfarms welcomes Anna Potapova as Senior Coordinator to help expand ag plastics recycling in Quebec
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Industry News, Press Releases /by adminCleanfarms is proud to welcome Anna Potapova to our team as Senior Coordinator for ag plastics recovery and recycling programming in Quebec. Trained as an agricultural economist and with a commitment to promoting sustainability in agriculture, Anna will provide support to expand a series of pilot programs in Quebec to recover and recycle waste materials […]
Cleanfarms Predicting 2020 a Successful Year for Collecting Ag Waste for Recycling and Safe Disposal
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminBy Barry Friesen, Executive Director, Cleanfarms (Etobicoke, ON – December 23, 2020) – As the final days of 2020 wind down, we can look forward to the new year with optimism that we will wrestle COVID-19 into submission. However, we cannot let 2020 go into the history books with only the COVID story to mark […]
Farmers and Other Stakeholders Invited to Comment on Manitoba Plan to Transition to Permanent Ag Plastic Waste Recycling
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminMOOSE JAW, SK (December 16, 2020) – A pilot project in Manitoba that collects and recycles plastic agricultural waste such as grain bags and baler twine is set to transition to a permanent, province-wide, industry-funded ag recycling program in 2021. The organization that operates the provincially-funded pilot, Cleanfarms, has been asked by Manitoba Conservation and […]
Cleanfarms Launches Saskatchewan Pilot to Collect Baler Twine for Recycling
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by admin– Part of Cleanfarms’ Zero Plastic Waste Strategy for Farms- MOOSE JAW, SK – (December 10, 2020) — Cleanfarms took a giant step closer to its goal of helping producers achieve zero plastic waste in farming operations today, as it launches a pilot program in Saskatchewan to collect baler twine for recycling. Baler twine is […]
Six Collection Locations Added to ‘Alberta Ag-plastic. Recycle It!’ Grain Bag and Twine Recycling Program
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by admin– Number of collection sites across Alberta expanded to 26 – Lethbridge, AB (October 21, 2020) – As of early October, six new locations came onboard as collection sites that are open and ready to accept empty agricultural grain bags and used twine for recycling. This increases the total number of collection locations in the […]
Cleanfarms is Collecting Unwanted Agricultural Pesticides and Old Livestock/Equine Medications in Prince Edward Island this Fall
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by admin(ETOBICOKE, ON) – This fall, farmers in Prince Edward Island (PEI) can safely dispose of unwanted agricultural pesticides and old, obsolete livestock and equine medications through a Cleanfarms clean-up program. Cleanfarms is operating the collection events at seven local ag retailer locations from November 2 to 13. “We know farmers wait for this program to […]
Cleanfarms’ Programs Demonstrate Waste Reduction Week Circular Economy Goals
/in Cleanfarms Updates, Press Releases /by adminETOBICOKE, ON – Each year, Waste Reduction Week (WRW) is marked in the third week of October when organizations throughout Canada celebrate achievements and commit to work harder to support the principles and practices of the circular economy, resource efficiency and waste reduction. At Cleanfarms, these principles are at the core of programs delivered across […]