New Zealand’s on-farm plastics recycler, Plasback is looking to the future with it’s appointment of a new Commercial Manager, Neal Shaw. Neal will work with Plasback’s existing commercial manager, Chris Hartshorne, for a transition period of at least six months. …
New backers give boost to Plasback
Caption: John Tulloch (left) and Chris Hartshorne shake hands to mark Tulloch Farm Machines joining the Plasback scheme. Article written by Paul Titus, and printed in the Rural Contractor and Large Scale Farmer magazine. May 6th, 2021 New Zealand’s on-farm …
Plasback dismayed at Buller River plastic pollution – Story by Paul Titus
New Zealand’s nation-wide on farm recycling scheme, Plasback, has reached out to Wild Rivers Rafting with an offer to collect the waste plastic wrap it has picked up from the Buller River so that it can be recycled. A recent …
More action on waste: Government funds recycling infrastructure, moves to standardise kerbside collections
As part of a wider plan to reduce the amount of rubbish ending up in New Zealand’s landfills, the Government is to fund the upgrading of seven high-tech recycling plants from Northland to Canterbury announced Associate Minister for the Environment …
With environmental pressure, Plasback is a great initiative!
We have used Plasback for 7 years now and over that time their service has been great. It’s a great initiative to be able to send our bale/silage wrap back to be recycled into a useful product, especially with increased …
Check out what a local farmer had to say about Tuffdeck!
Bob Shaw, a local farmer from Wyndham, Southland, is starting to get very excited about the finished Tuffdeck product and can’t wait for his sheep to arrive in 2 weeks time. Here is what Bob had to say about the …
Many options for farm waste disposal
Message from Environment Southland
Recycling Options for Vineyards
Recycling Options for Vineyards
Waste management solutions for dairy farmers
Technical note from Dairy NZ
Recycler turns used silage wrap into ‘plywood’
Plasback Press Release – February 14th, 2017
Canterbury farmers jump on Plasback recycling bandwagon
Plasback Press Release – May 5th, 2017
Plasback supports greater scrutiny of ag plastic recycling
Plasback Press Release – September 19th, 2019
Donaghys Crop Packaging joins Plasback
Donaghys adds support to on-farm product stewardship scheme.
Increased recycling capacity for farm plastics supports the Plasback recycling program
Press release and media statement: Astron Sustainability is to receive a funding boost to upgrade end to end local recycling solution to New Zealand. The process of recycling challenging plastics such as silage wrap is innovative and hasn’t previously been …
Farm plastic recycling gets a local boost
Article from the Mahurangi Matters newspaper