Transition to Retail Collection: Digital Messages for Municipalities in AB & MB

Transition to Retail Collection: Digital Messages for Municipalities/RMs

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On this page you’ll find photos, and text that you can copy and customize for social media posts, newsletters and your website.

We hope you’ll find this useful to help in communicating with your residents & ratepayers about the transition of Cleanfarms ag container depots from municipal sites to retail sites.

There is information for municipalities whose ag container depots are closed and others whose depots are still open. In some of the posts, you’ll want to select the correct link for your province (i.e., AB or MB).

We’ll update this page from time to time so please check back intermittently. If you need different types of information, please email info@cleanfarms.ca to let us know.

Social post: municipal ag depot open

Social post: municipal ag depot closed

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Got used ag jugs? Bring empty <23L (pesticide & fertilizer) jugs to our ag jug depot for recycling with @Cleanfarms. Jug collections move to local ag retail sites in [insert year]. Thank you for recycling at our depot again this year! Alberta - https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Farmers – a sign like this at your ag-jug recycling depot indicates that the #Cleanfarms ag jug recycling sites will move from our depot to ag retail collection locations & when the change will take place. Scan the QR code to see current drop off locations & please always call ahead.

Alberta – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Ag recyclers! Our ag-recycling depot is no longer accepting empty ag pesticide & fertilizer containers but local recycling options are available. Please check with your ag retailer or email info@cleanfarms.ca.

Farmers – #Cleanfarms’ ag jug recycling site at our landfill is now closed. Please check with your ag retailer to see if they are collecting empty <23L ag jugs, email info@cleanfarms.ca or check for other local options.

Alberta – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Social post: any municipality (ag depot open or closed)

Farmers: please be sure to recycle empty <23L ag jugs (pesticide & fertilizers) at [insert site name] . Then, stay tuned for program changes in as ag-jug recycling moves to a local ag-retailer Cleanfarms collection site. We’ll let you know – details here: Alberta - https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Recycling empty <23L ag jugs keeps plastics out of landfill & off farms; it goes into new items like ag drain tile & fenceposts. Cleanfarms container depots are moving from municipal to ag retail sites between now and 2024; find the closest site to you to: Alberta - https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

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Farmers: Cleanfarms is moving collection sites for empty <23L ag jugs from municipal landfills/transfer sites to local ag-dealers between now & 2024. Find out when and where changes will take place at: Alberta - https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Do you recycle empty ag jugs from your farm? Between now & 2024, Cleanfarms recycling depots for small jugs are moving from municipal landfill & transfer sites to local ag dealer sites. Find out what this means for you & keep an eye out for more info from us:

Alberta – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

Website & Newsletter Draft for Municipalities/RMs

Please use and edit the copy below to share information about the transition of less than 23L ag jug collections from municipal to retail sites, with local farmers in Alberta and Manitoba.

Cleanfarms Depot Open

Recycling <23L pesticide & fertilizer containers: our local depot collection site is ready to take your empty containers

But as the Cleanfarms jug collection program transitions from municipal to retail collection sites, over the next little while we’ll let you know about changes to where you can recycle these empty containers

We know local growers recycle ag plastics once they’ve been used on the farm. That’s items like used pesticide & fertilizer containers, seed, pesticide and inoculant (SPI) bags – items that are recycled through Cleanfarms. And for several years we’ve been proud to support this program by offering a drop off depot for used, empty <23L containers at our landfill site. Changes are coming

With the hard work of local farmers and our staff, recycling empty ag containers has helped keep these used plastics out of the landfill, promoted clean and tidy farms and contributed to sustainability of this community. We thank you for all you’ve done.

In an effort to streamline the program, Cleanfarms has begun a transition for the ag jug collection program that will take effect here in .

When this happens, rather than bringing your empty jugs to our landfill site, you’ll take them back to a local ag retailer for drop off free of charge. While your drop off location will change, the goal is to keep it equally convenient for you.

Why the change?

This is part of a province wide program update that is transitioning Cleanfarms’ ag jug collections from municipal sites to the ag retail sites that currently accept used non deposit bulk containers and potentially seed, pesticide and inoculant bags, for recycling.

How will farmers know?

Along with Cleanfarms, we’ll be working to make sure there are no surprises. Look for a sign at the current depot later this year identifying when it will close. And, we’ll post more information here about your ag recycling depot options. Cleanfarms also posts maps and other info about the program at cleanfarms.ca.

Does it change how we recycle ag jugs?

You’ll be able to bring your empty, triple or pressure-rinsed pesticide & fertilizer jugs, with booklets and labels removed to a depot. Before you do, please pick up a FREE ag collection bag from your local retailer and use it to store your prepared jugs. When it’s full, tie it with twine, rope or a zip tie, then drop it off at the retail collection site at no charge.

Does this change affect other recycling here?

No. The only change is the drop off location for empty <23 L pesticide and fertilizer containers. For more information

To find out where to recycle <23L jugs, click on

Alberta – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca
Manitoba – https://csmap.cleanfarms.ca

To find out more about Cleanfarms ag reycling programs go to cleanfarms.ca

If you have questions that you need help with, please email info@cleanfarms.ca.

Cleanfarms Depot Closed

Recycling <23L pesticide & fertilizer containers: please drop off at Cleanfarms AG RETAIL collection sites

As the Cleanfarms jug collection program in the province transitions from municipal to retail collection sites, the ag jug collection depot at [insert location] is now closed but it’s still easy and important for you to recycle these containers

Recycling matters – not just for households but in our work lives too. And local farmers have proved that by bringing their empty <23L pesticide and fertilizer jugs to the Cleanfarms ag recycling depot at for several years now. Recycling ag plastics helps keep local farms clean and tidy and preserves farms for future generations at the same time as it promotes sustainability throughout our community. Not only that, but once recycled, these jugs go on to live a new life - and could come back as agricultural drain tile, or fence posts or even plastic pallets. It all adds up and we're grateful to farmers for all your hard work! New ag plastics collection site location for jugs

Cleanfarms has initiated a program to transition its ag jug collection sites through the province, to local retail collections. These are sites where farmers may already bring back non-deposit bulk containers and seed, pesticide and inoculant bags.

With that, effective April, 2022, the ag plastic recycling depot at [insert location] is no longer accepting empty ag jugs.

Find out where to recycle your empty ag jugs

Please check with your local ag retailer to find out if they are accepting empty jugs for recycling yet. Cleanfarms also posts maps of all collection site locations on its website (but notes that there may be a bit of catch up as new collection sites come on stream).

Does this change how you recycle jugs?

It’s the same process: when empty, triple or pressure rinse your jug, discard booklets and labels as much as possible and return caps to the jugs.

You’ll want to pick up a FREE ag collection bag from your ag retailer to store your jugs in. Once full, tie it securely with rope, twine or a twist tie and you’re ready to bring it to your retail collection site at no charge.

Does this change affect other recycling here?

No. The only change is the drop off location for empty <23 L pesticide and fertilizer containers. Thank you for recycling!

We’re proud of the work we’ve all done to recycle ag jugs here and we thank you for participating in this program to help keep this community clean. Regardless of where you take your jugs in the future, know that your efforts are valuable to this community and we appreciate the work you do.

For more information

To find out where to recycle, click on: