Quebec farms produce tonnes of unrecyclable plastic waste, study suggests (Montreal Gazette)

Article by Daniel Sucar in Montreal Gazette

“Phil Quinn, owner of Quinn Farm, does maintenance on one of his tractors.” Photo by Pierre Obendrauf, Montreal Gazette

This article points out that there’s a high volume of ag plastic in province, but also that there are several solutions for diverting it from landfill.

Included also: “Government regulation doesn’t have to be complicated,” CleanFarms general manager Barry Friesen said. “If you give the farmers the tools to do the job, they’ll do it. They all want to do the right thing, because the land is how they make their living.”

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